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PUBLIC LAW 8 7 - 7 9 3 - O C T. 11, 1962

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(c) Section 10(b) of such Act is amended by striking out "50 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "55 per centum". (d) Section 10(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "50 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "55 per centum". (e) Section 10(e) of such Act is amended by striking out "50 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "55 per centum". (f)(A) Section 1(j) of the Civil Service Retirement Act is amended 5 USC 22s 1. by substituting a comma for the period at the end thereof and adding the following: "or such unmarried child between eighteen and twentyone years of age who is a student regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in residence in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized educational institution. A child whose twentyfirst birthday occurs prior to July 1 or after August 31 of any calendar year, and while he is regularly pursuing such a course of study or training, shall be deemed for the purposes of this paragraph and section 10(d) to have attained the age of twenty-one on the first day of 5 USC 2260. July following such birthday. A child who is a student shall not be deemed to have ceased to be a student during any interim between school years if the interim does not exceed four months and if he shows to the satisfaction of the Commission that he has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a course of study or training in the same or different school during the school semester (or other period into which the school year is divided) immediately following the interim." (B) The third sentence of section 10(d) of the Act is amended to read as follows: "The child's annuity shall commence on the day after the employee or Member dies, and such annuity granted under this Act or under the Act of May 29, 1930, as amended from and after s use 2251 February 28, 1948, or any right thereto shall terminate on the last "°**day of the month before (1) his attaining age eighteen unless incapable of self-support, (2) his becoming capable of self-support after age eighteen, (3) his marriage, or (4) his death, except that the annuity of a child who is a student as described in section l (j) shall terminate on the last day of the month before (1) his marriage, (2) his death, (3) his ceasing to be such a student, or (4) his attaining age twenty-one." SiXJ. 1104. Section 1101 of this part shall take effect on January 1, Effective date. 1963. The amendments made by section 1103 (except subsection (f)) shall not apply in the case of employees or Members retired or otherwise separated prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and the rights of such persons and their survivors shall continue in the same manner and to the same extent as if these amendments had not been enacted. Appioved October 11, 1962, 9ra0 a.m.

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