ยง88-139ย  Return of contributions.ย  Anyservice member may resign from the system at any time, if the service member sochooses, and upon such resignation the service member shall be entitled to thereturn of the service member's accumulated contributions as provided insections 88-96 and 88-341, including any amount to the service member's creditin the annuity savings fund which shall have been contributed by the State orany county under the Servicemen's Act, but the service member shall cease to beentitled to any of the benefits of the Servicemen's Act or of sections 88-131to 88-142, except the return of accumulated contributions, upon the effectivedate of the service member's resignation. [L 1951, c 262, pt of ยง3; RL 1955,ยง6-118; HRS ยง88-129; am L 1969, c 110, pt of ยง1; gen ch 1985; am L 2004, c 179,ยง22]