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PUBLIC LAW 87-299-SEPT. ^6, 1961

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"SEC. 5. (a) No person (including an eligible beneficiary under chapter 73 of title 10 of the United States Code or under section 5 of 10 USC 14 3 1the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 1444. 504; 37 U.S.C. 1952 edition, Supp. I l l, sec. 374)) to whom payment 37 USC 373-381 of retired pay is denied under this Act shall be required to refund to notes. the United States any retired pay otherwise properly paid to such person or beneficiary which is paid in violation of this Act. "(b) I n the case of the conviction of, or the commission of any violation by, any person to the extent provided in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), as the case may be, of section 4(a) of this Act, any deposits made under section 1438 of chapter 73 "of title 10 of the United 70A Stat. 110. States Code, or under section 5 of the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 504; 37 U.S.C. 1952 edition, Supp. I l l, sec. 374), to provide the eligible beneficiary with annuity for any period (less amounts previously paid as retired pay benefits) shall be refunded, upon appropriate application therefor, in accordance with such section 4(a), with interest as provided in section 4(b) of this Act. Restoration after "SEC. 6. (a) The right to receive an annuity or retired pay shall pardon. be deemed restored to any person convicted, prior to, on, or after September 1, 1954, of an offense which is within the purview of the first section of this Act or which constitutes a violation of section 2 of this Act, for which he is denied under this Act an annuity or retired pay, to whom a pardon of such offense is granted by the President of the United States, prior to, on, or after September 1, 1954, and to the survivor or beneficiary of such person. Such restoration Effective date. of the.right to receive an annuity or retired pay shall be effective as of the date on which such pardon is granted. Any amounts refunded to such person under section 4 or section 5(b) of this Act shall be redeposited before credit is allowed for the period or periods of service covered by the refund. No payment of annuity or retired pay shall be made, by virtue of such pardon, for any period prior to the date on which such pardon is granted. "(b) The President is authorized to restore, effective as of such date as he may prescribe, the right to receive an annuity or retired pay to any person who is denied, prior to, on, or after September 1, 1954, an annuity or retired pay under section 2 of this Act, and to the survivor or beneficiary of such person. Any amounts refunded to such person under section 4 or section 5(b) of this Act shall be redeposited before credit is allowed for the period or periods of service covered by the refund. No payment of annuity or retired pay shall be made, by virtue of such restoration of annuity or retired pay by the President under this subsection, for any period prior to the effective date of such restoration of annuity or retired pay, eompliance with "(c) The right to receive an annuity or retired pay shall not be orders. denied because of any conviction of an offense which is within the purview of the first section of this Act or which constitutes a violation of section 2 of this Act, in any case in which it is established by satisfactory evidence that such conviction or violation resulted from proper compliance with orders issued, in a confidential relationship, by n department, agency, establishment, or other authority of any branch of the Government of the United States or of the government of the District of Columbia. Nonl "SEC. 7. No accountable officer or employee of the Government shall officers.i ability of be held responsible for any payment made in violation of any provision of this Act if such payment is made in due course and without fraud, collusion, or gross negligence.

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