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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 504-JULY 11, 1942 [CHAPTER 504] 657 AN ACT To amend subsection (3) of section 602 (d) of the National Service Life Insur- [. 2543] ance Act, as amended, and for other purposes. [Public Law 667] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (3) National Service Life Insurance Act of of section 602 (d) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of s94, amendments. 1940, as amended by section 10 of Public, Numbered 360, Seventy- Stat. t 1009; 56 seventh Congress, approved December 20, 1941, is hereby repealed and 3U.s-. C., Supp. I, there is substituted in lieu thereof, effective as of December 20, 1941, Pos, p. 796. the following to be known as subsection (3) of section 602 (d) of said Act: "(3) (A) Any person in the active service who on or after October Totl disabilty in 8, 1940, and prior to April 20, 1942, becomes totally disabled as a result of injury or disease incurred in line of duty and such disability con- tinues without interruption for six months, without having in force at time of incurrence of such disability at least $5,000 insurance issued under the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended, or the World War 38 Stat. 711; 43 Stat. Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended, or this Act, shall be deemed to have 38U.. c.I.287, 357, 502, 575, ch. 10 . applied for and to have been granted, effective as of the commence- An5t, p 7 . 283. ment of such total disability, National Service Life Insurance in an amount which together with any such insurance then in force shall aggregate $5,000, and premiums on such insurance shall be waived uWaiver of premi- until six months after the insured ceases to be totally disabled or until April 20, 1943, whichever is the earlier date: Provided,That such W'Pro 0 os. written application protection shall cease and terminate unless within such period such for continuance. disabled person shall make application in writing for continuance of Evidence of entitle- all or any part of such insurance and shall submit evidence satis- ment to waiver.' factory to the Administrator of entitlement to waiver of premiums under section 602 (n) of this Act or tender the premiums thereafter "ost. 6ps. becoming due: Provided further, That waiver of premiums under sec- effective date.i tion 602 (n) shall not be denied under this subsection on the ground that total disability commenced prior to the effective date of such insurance: And provided further, That anyone who applied for and Surrender or lapse was issued insurance after becoming totally disabled, and but for such of previous policies. application would be entitled to insurance hereunder, shall have the right, upon application within the time and in tlhe manner as above limited, to elect to surrender insurance applied for and to be issued insurance hereunder, or if such insurance shall have lapsed without election, such person shall be considered subject in all respects to the provisions of this subsection, as hereby amended, but policies issued hereunder shall be effective from (late of surrender or lapse of policy previously issued. "(B) Any person in the active service who on or after December 7, Persons captured, 1941, and prior to April 20, 1942, has been or shall be captured, y besieged, or otherwise isolated by the forces of an enemy of the United States for a period of at least thirty consecutive days and extending beyond April 19, 1942. and at the time of such capture, siege, or isola- tion by the enemy did not have in force insurance in the aggregate amount of at least $5,000 under the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended, the World War Veterans' Act, as amended, or this Act, shall be deemed to have applied for and to have been granted, effective as of the date of such capture, siege, or isolation, National Service Life Insurance in an amount which together with any such insurance then in force shall aggregate $5,000 of insurance, and such insurance shall Waiver of premi- remain in force and premiums on such insurance shall be waived dur- ing the period while such person remains so captured, besieged, or 65714° - 43-PT. I- -42