43:16-13.Ā  Member with twenty years' service not to be deprived of pension privileges;Ā  fine, reprimand or discharge No member of the police or fire department in any municipality or county inĀ  this State who shall have served honorably in any such department for a periodĀ  of twenty years shall be deprived of his pension privileges under chapterĀ  sixteen of Title 43 because of any violation of the rules and regulationsĀ  established for the government of such department, but he may be fined,Ā  reprimanded or discharged.Ā  A member of the department found guilty before aĀ  court of competent jurisdiction may be dismissed or punished in any mannerĀ  provided by law.

L.1938, c. 252, p. 561, s. 1.
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