Section 41: Provisions as to death or injury

(1) Notwithstanding the definition of service as provided for under section 16 of the Armed Forces Pensions Act, every officer, soldier, rating or aircraftman to whom that Act applies who, in the actual discharge of his duty and without his own default, has received wounds or injuries or suffered illness, shall be entitled to disability pension.
(2) The family of any officer, soldier, rating or aircraftman who has been killed or has died of wounds received in the course of his duty or who has died through iilness directly attributable to fatigue or exposure incidental to his service in the Armed Forces, shall be entitled to such benefits under the Armed Forces Pensions Act as may be prescribed.
(3)
For the purpose of this section-
"active service" includes military service in peace-time; and
"duty" includes active service.