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Poat, p. 492.

PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

(e) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force^ Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Coast and Geodetic Survey who is discharged under other than honorable conditions forfeits all accrued leave to his credit at the time of his discharge. (f) Payment may not be made for leave in excess of 60 days upon discnarge or retirement. (g) An officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, or an officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service on active duty, who is credited with accumulated and accrued annual leave on the date of his separation, retirement, or release from active duty, shall, if his application for that leave is approved by the Surgeon General, be paid for that leave in a lump-sum on the basis of his basic pay, subsistence allowance, and allowance for quarters whether or not he is receiving that allowance on that date. However, the number of days upon which th& lump-sum payment is based may not be more than 60. A lump-sum payment may not be made under this subsection to an officer— (1) whose appointment expires or is terminated and who, without a break in active service, accepts a new appointment; (2) who is retired for age in time of war and is continued on, or recalled to, active duty without a break in active service; or (3) who is transferred to another department or agency of the United States under circumstances in which, by any other law, his leave may be transferred. In this subsection, "accumulated annual leave" means unused accrued annual leave carried forward from one leave year into the next leave year, and "accrued annual leave" means the annual leave accruing to an officer during one leave year. § 502. Absences due to sickness, wounds, and certain other causes (a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Coast and Geodetic Survey, who is absent because of sickness or wounds, or who is directed by the Secretary concerned, or his designated representative, to be absent from d u t j to await orders pending disability retirement proceedings for a period that is longer than the leave authorized by section 701 of title 10, is entitled to the pay and allowances to which he would be entitled if he were not so absent. A member who is absent with leave for any other reason for not longer than the leave authorized by that section is entitled to the same pay and allowances to which he would be entitled if he were not on leave, and to any additional allowances otherwise provided by law for members on leave. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a member Avho is authorized by the Secretary concerned, or his designated representative, to be absent for a period that is longer than the leave authorized by section 701 of title 10 is not entitled to pay or allowances (luring the part of his absence that is more than the number of days' leave authorized by that section. §503. Absence without leave or over leave (a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Coast and Geodetic Survey, who is absent without leave or over leave, forfeits all pay and allowances for the period of that absence, unless it is excused as unavoidable. (b) A commissioned officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, or an officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service on active duty, who is absent without leave, forfeits all pay and allowances for the period of that absence, unless it is excused as unavoidable.

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