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so Stat. 567.

PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

[84 STAT.

to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that lie has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a course of study or training in the same or dilferent school during the school semester (or other period into which the school year is divided) immediately after the interim. "(9) The term 'lump-sum credit for retirement' means the unrefunded amount consisting of— " (A) retirement deductions made from the basic salary of a judge; " (B) amounts deposited covering earlier judicial and nonjudicial service; and " (C) interest on the deductions and deposits at 4 per centum a year to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum a year thereafter compounded annually to December 31, 1956, or, in the case of a judge separated or transferred to a position not within the purview of this section before he has completed five years of service, to the date of the separation or transfer; but the term 'lump-smn credit for retirement" does not include interest— "(i) if the service covered thereby aggregates one year or less; or " (ii) for the fractional part of a month in the total service. "(10) The term 'lump-sum credit for survivor annuity' means the unrefunded amount consisting of— " (A) survivor annuity deductions made from the salary of a judge; '' (B) amounts deposited for survivor annuity covering earlier jvidicial and nonjudicial service; and " (C) interest on the deductions and deposits at 4 per centum a year to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum a year thereafter compounded aimually to December 31, 1956, or, in the case of a judge separated or transferred to a position not within the purview of this section before he has completed five years of service, to the date of the separation or transfer; but the term 'lump-sum credit for survivor annuity' does not include interest— "(i) if the service covered thereby aggregates one year or less; or " (ii) for the fractional part of a month in the total service. "§ 11-1562. Eligibility for retirement " (a) A judge is eligible for retirement under this subchapter when he has completed ten years of judicial service, whether continuous or not, or upon mandatory retirement as provided in section 11-1502. "(b) The retirement salary of a judge who retires shall commence as follows: " (1) With twenty or more years of judicial service, at age fifty. "(2) With less than twenty years of judicial service, at age sixty, unless he elects to receive a reduced salary beginning at age fifty-five or at the date of retirement if subsequent to that age. "(c) A judge with five years or more of judicial service, including civilian service performed by the judge which is creditable under seetion 8332 of title 5, United States Code, may voluntarily retire for a mental or physical disability which is or is likely to become permanent and which prevents, or seriously interferes with, the proper performance of iudicial duties. Such disability shall be established by furnishing to the Commissioner a certificate of disability signed by a duly licensed physician, approved by the Surgeon General of the United States, and containing such information and conclusions as the Commissioner by regulation may require consistent with this subsection.

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