40A:14-127 - Age requirements
40A:14-127.Ā Age requirements
Except as otherwise herein provided, no person shall be appointed as a member or officer of the police department or force in any municipality who is under 21 or over 35 years of age.
In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised StatutesĀ is operative, any person who shall have met the age requirements herein at theĀ announced closing date of a civil service examination for the position, shallĀ be considered within the age requirements while the civil service listĀ promulgated as a result of that examination is in effect.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the employment or continuance in office of any person as a permanent policeman, employed by said municipality prior to the adoption of the ordinance, creating and establishing a paid policeĀ department or force.
The provisions of this section are subject to chapter 98 of the laws of 1944Ā (C. 38:23A-2) relating to maximum age limits for persons serving in the armedĀ forces of the United States as therein provided.
L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
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Except as otherwise herein provided, no person shall be appointed as a member or officer of the police department or force in any municipality who is under 21 or over 35 years of age.
In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised StatutesĀ is operative, any person who shall have met the age requirements herein at theĀ announced closing date of a civil service examination for the position, shallĀ be considered within the age requirements while the civil service listĀ promulgated as a result of that examination is in effect.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the employment or continuance in office of any person as a permanent policeman, employed by said municipality prior to the adoption of the ordinance, creating and establishing a paid policeĀ department or force.
The provisions of this section are subject to chapter 98 of the laws of 1944Ā (C. 38:23A-2) relating to maximum age limits for persons serving in the armedĀ forces of the United States as therein provided.
L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
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