43:7-15.Ā  Suspension or discharge
If any such prison officer shall be suspended, resigned, dropped or discharged from his employment after having paid the aforesaid assessments for a period over one year, and whose suspension or discharge shall continue for a period longer than two years, he shall be entitled to the return of such moneysĀ  as he shall have paid into such pension fund by reason of the assessmentsĀ  aforesaid, but such person shall not thereafter be eligible for a pension underĀ  this act unless upon a re-employment by the State he shall repay to such fundĀ  the amount of any rebate made to him. The obligation to refund payments madeĀ  to the pension association shall not apply to any pension officer suspended orĀ  discharged for causes which bar him from eligibility to reappointment under theĀ  civil service rules.Ā  No other refund of assessments collected from theĀ  salaries of such pension officers shall be made.

L.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 9.
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