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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW

379-MAY

29, 1954

(1) any woman permanent warrant officer of the regular service who, having completed not less than 20 years of active service, attains the age of fifty-five shall be retired on that date which is sixty days after the date on which she attains that age and shall be entitled to receive retired pay computed under subsection (d) of this section; (2) upon the recommendation of a board of officers and in the discretion of the Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, any permanent warrant officer of the regular service who has completed thirty years of active service may, with his consent, be continued on active service, but not beyond that date which is sixty days after the date on which he attains the age of sixtytwo. Any such warrant officer who has completed thirty years of active service and is not so continued on active service shall be retired on that date which is sixty days after the date on which he completes thirty years of active service and shall be entitled to receive retired pay computed under subsection (d) of this section; and (3) the separation of any person who, on the effective date of this Act, is a male permanent warrant officer of the regular service and who upon attaining the age of sixty-two has completed less than twenty years of active service may be deferred by the Secretary until he completes twenty years of active service, but not later than that date which is sixty days after the date on which he attains the age of sixty-four, and the separation of any person, who, on the effective date of this Act, is a woman permanent warrant officer of the regular service and who upon attaining the age of fifty-five has completed less than twenty years of active service may be deferred until she completes twenty years of active service, but not later than that date which is sixty days after the date on which she attains the age of sixty, (c) Except as provided in clause (3) of subsection (b) and in subsection (g) of this section, each Avarrant officer shall be retired or separated not later than sixty days after the date on which he attains the age of sixty-two if a male warrant officer, or the age of fifty-five if a woman warrant officer, (d) A warrant officer who is retired under this section shall, as determined by the Secretary, be retired in the permanent warrant officer grade held on the day before the date of his retirement, or in any higher warrant officer grade in which he has satisfactorily served, as determined by the Secretary, on any full time duty under competent orders specifying that the period of such duty shall be for a period in excess of thirty days or for an indefinite period. Retired pay under this section shall be 2i/^ per centum of the active duty basic pay he would have been entitled to receive if he had been serving on active duty in the warrant officer grade in which retired on the day before the date of his retirement under this section, multiplied by the number of years of service creditable in the computation of such basic pay, but not to exceed 75 per centum of that basic pay. A fractional part of a year that is six months or more shall be considered a full year in computing the number of years of active service by which the 2y2 per centum is multiplied. (e) The retirement or separation of any warrant officer which is required under this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be deferred for a period of not to exceed four months when, because of unavoidable circumstances, proper evaluation of the warrant officer's physical condition and possible entitlement to disability retirement or disability separation benefits necessitate a period of hospitalization or medical observation which cannot be completed prior to the date retirement or separation would otherwise be required.

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