Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Regulations

31 (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a contributor may, for the purposes of Part I of the Act, name a beneficiary under Part I of the Act or substitute a new named beneficiary or cancel the naming of any beneficiary.

(2) The naming of a beneficiary or the substitution or cancellation or a named beneficiary by a contributor referred to in subsection (1) shall be evidenced in writing in a form prescribed by the Minister, dated, witnessed and forwarded to the Commissioner.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the naming of a beneficiary or the substitution or cancellation of a named beneficiary by a contributor referred to in subsection (1) shall be effective on the date the contributor executes the form referred to in subsection (2) if the completed form is received by the Commissioner prior to the death of the contributor.

(4) Where the completed form referred to in subsection (3) was not forwarded to the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (2) but was received by the division at which the contributor is stationed, or was stationed prior to his ceasing to be a member of the Force and the division advises the Commissioner that the form was received by the Force prior to the death of the contributor, the naming of a beneficiary or the substitution or cancellation of a named beneficiary by a contributor referred to in subsection (1) shall be effective on the date the contributor executed the form referred to in subsection (2) if the form is received by the Commissioner prior to the payment of any benefit under Part I of the Act.

(5) For the purposes of Part I of the Act, a beneficiary may be

• (a) the contributor’s estate;

• (b) any person over the age of 18 years on the date of the naming;

• (c) any charitable organization or institution;

• (d) any benevolent organization or institution; or

• (e) any eleemosynary religious or educational organization or institution.