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R-11 - Act respecting the Teachers Pension Plan

Section 44
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44. From the day the payment of the pension of a pensioner ceases by reason of death or, as the case may be, from the day of the death of a teacher, the spouse is entitled to receive a life-pension equal to one-half of the pension that the pensioner was receiving or, as the case may be, would otherwise have been entitled to receive, or that the teacher would have been entitled to receive,
(1)  reduced as in section 38, from the month following the death, even if the pensioner or teacher dies before reaching 65 years of age;
(2)  not reduced as in section 38, if, at the time of death of the pensioner or teacher, the spouse is not entitled to any pension under the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9).
The first paragraph also applies to the spouse of the person who ceased to participate in the plan and was eligible for a pension.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 68, s. 26; 1968, c. 62, s. 3; 1973, c. 12, s. 206; 1977, c. 23, s. 30; 1983, c. 24, s. 2; 1988, c. 82, s. 78; 1997, c. 50, s. 71; 2007, c. 43, s. 106.
44. From the day the payment of the pension of a pensioner ceases by reason of death or, as the case may be, from the day of the death of a teacher, the spouse is entitled to receive a life-pension equal to one-half of the pension that the pensioner was receiving or, as the case may be, would otherwise have been entitled to receive, or that the teacher would have been entitled to receive,
(1)  reduced as in section 38, from the month following the death, even if the pensioner or teacher dies before reaching 65 years of age;
(2)  not reduced as in section 38, if, at the time of death of the pensioner or teacher, the spouse is not entitled to any pension under the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9).
The first paragraph also applies to the spouse of the teacher who ceased to participate in the plan and was eligible for a pension.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 68, s. 26; 1968, c. 62, s. 3; 1973, c. 12, s. 206; 1977, c. 23, s. 30; 1983, c. 24, s. 2; 1988, c. 82, s. 78; 1997, c. 50, s. 71.
44. From the day the payment of the pension of a pensioner ceases by reason of death or, as the case may be, from the day of the death of a teacher, the spouse is entitled to receive a life-pension equal to one-half of the pension that the pensioner was receiving or, as the case may be, would otherwise have been entitled to receive, or that the teacher would have been entitled to receive,
(1)  reduced as in section 38, from the month following the death, even if the pensioner or teacher dies before reaching 65 years of age;
(2)  not reduced as in section 38, if, at the time of death of the pensioner or teacher, the spouse is not entitled to any pension under the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9).
1965 (1st sess.), c. 68, s. 26; 1968, c. 62, s. 3; 1973, c. 12, s. 206; 1977, c. 23, s. 30; 1983, c. 24, s. 2; 1988, c. 82, s. 78.
44. From the day when, owing to death, payment of the pension of a pensioner or, as the case may be, payment of the salary of a teacher ceases, the spouse is entitled to receive a life-pension equal to one-half of the pension that the pensioner was receiving or, as the case may be, would otherwise have been entitled to receive, or that the teacher would have been entitled to receive,
(1)  reduced as in section 38, from the month following the death, even if the pensioner or teacher dies before reaching 65 years of age;
(2)  not reduced as in section 38, if, at the time of death of the pensioner or teacher, the spouse is not entitled to any pension under the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9).
1965 (1st sess.), c. 68, s. 26; 1968, c. 62, s. 3; 1973, c. 12, s. 206; 1977, c. 23, s. 30; 1983, c. 24, s. 2.
44. Every person who, before becoming subject to this act, was employed by the Government of Canada, the government of a province or the proper authorities in another country, or by a teaching institution or an association of teaching institutions, may count for pension purposes the years of service accumulated under the retirement plans of such bodies, by complying with the conditions prescribed by the Government, which may authorize the Commission to make an agreement to that effect with such government or such teaching institution or association of teaching institutions or with a trustee acting for such institution or association.
In the case of a teacher who transfers to the service of a government, the proper authorities in another country, a teaching institution or an association of teaching institutions contemplated in the first paragraph, the Commission shall make the required payments out of the consolidated revenue fund.
The Government may also, according to law, authorize the Commission to make, where necessary, an agreement with any body empowered to administer a retirement plan established for the employees of any of the bodies contemplated in the first paragraph.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 68, s. 26; 1968, c. 62, s. 3; 1973, c. 12, s. 206; 1977, c. 23, s. 30.
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