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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 602-DEC. 20, 1941 status of persons SE. 8. Persons inducted under the Selective Training and Service inducted. Act of 1940 who are inducted into or assigned to the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, shall be members of the Navy, Marine Corps, Extensionof eriods or Coast Guard, as the case may be; and in time of war their periods service,f service or training and service may be extended by the President for such additional time as he may deem necessary in the interest of Proviso. national defense: Provided, That the periods of service or training 50S U.' S.C., app. and service under section 3 (b) of such Act of men who are detained J303 (b). ' under this section shall be terminated not later than six months after the termination of the war which authorized their detention, unless such men voluntarily extend their periods of service or training and service. 54 Stat. 88. SEC. 9. The first proviso of the second sentence of section 3 (a) of 53 . SCS 9 a) pp such Act, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting the word "forty- tee limit, volun- five" in lieu of the word "thirty-six". 54 stat. 1009. SEC. 10. Section 602 (d) of the National Service Life Insurance 38 U. . . 802 (d). Act of 1940 is hereby amended to read as follows: Insurance to per- "(d) (1) Any person in the active service, and while in such active ons i active service service, shall be granted such insurance without medical examination Timelimitation. upon application therefor in writing (made within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this amendatory Act), Proviso. and upon payment of premiums: Provided, That after the expiration of such one-hundred-and-twenty-day period any such person may be granted National Service Life Insurance at any time upon appli- cation, payment of premiums, and evidence satisfactory to the Administrator showing him to be in good health. Persons dying in "'(2)Any person in the active service on or after October 8, 1940, lineofduty. who, while in such service and before the expiration of one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this amendatory Act, dies or has died in line of duty (including death resulting from disease or injury incurred in line of duty), without having in force at the time of such death insurance under the War Risk Insurance Act, 38 Stat.711. as amended, the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended, or this 38 U. s.C.,ch. o. Act, in the aggregate amount of at least $5,000, shall be deemed to have applied for and to have been granted insurance as of the date of entry into active service or October 8, 1940, whichever is later, in 54 Stat. 1010 . the sum of $5,000 payable as provided in section 602 (h), except 38U. .C.1802(h). Benefciaries. that payments hereunder shall be made only to the following bene- ficiaries and in the order named- "(A) to the widow or widower of the insured, if living and while unremarried; "(B) if no widow or widower entitled thereto, to the child or children of the insured, if living, in equal shares; "(C) if no widow or widower entitled thereto, or child, to the dependent mother or father of the insured, if living, in equal shares. Total disability in "(3) Any person in the active service on or after October 8, 1940 who, while in such service and before the expiration of one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this amendatory Act, suffers in line of duty total disability continuously for six months or more without having in force at the time of such disability insur- 38 Stat. 1 ance under the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended, the World War 38 U. . c., h. 10. Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended, or this Act, in the aggregate amount of at least $5,000, shall be deemed to have applied for and to have been granted insurance in the aggregate sum of $5,000 effective as of the date such disability was so suffered but not prior to October 8 1940. Such premiums shall be waived during the continuation of Trasfer ofds such total disability. The Administrator is authorized and directed to transfer from the National Service Life Insurance appropriation [55 STAT.