43:1-1.1.Ā  Deduction of period of military, naval or related service in determining
When the qualifications for eligibility for membership in any existing pension fund or retirement system of this State or of any county, municipality,Ā  school district or other political subdivision of this State, or of any board,Ā  body, agency or commission of this State, or of any county, municipality orĀ  school district, includes a maximum age limit, any person who, heretofore andĀ  subsequent to July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty, entered orĀ  hereafter, in time of war, shall enter the active military or naval service ofĀ  the United States or the active service of the Women's Army Corps, the Women'sĀ  Reserve of the Naval Reserve or any similar organization authorized by theĀ  United States to serve with the Army or Navy, shall be deemed to be below suchĀ  maximum age limit if his actual age, less the period of such service, would beĀ  below the age limit in effect on the date the person entered into such serviceĀ  of the United States.

L.1945, c. 305, p. 885, s. 1.Ā  Amended by L.1946, c. 308, p. 1016, s. 1.
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