Versions of s. 43
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Where an officer or non-commissioned member disappears under circumstances that, in the opinion of the Minister or such other authorities as the Minister may designate, raise beyond reasonable doubt a presumption that the officer or non-commissioned member is dead, the Minister or any such other authority may issue a certificate declaring that the officer or non-commissioned member is deemed to be dead and stating the date on which the death is presumed to have occurred, and the officer or non-commissioned member shall thenceforth, for the purposes of this Act and the regulations and in relation to his status and service in the Canadian Forces, be deemed to have died on that date.