N.J. Stat. tit. 43, ch. 11

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 43:11-1 Violation of rules and regulations of police or fire department; effect on pension

No member of the police or fire department of any municipality who shall have served honorably in either department for the required number of years to entitle him to retire or be retired on a pension, shall be deprived of his pension privileges because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of the department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of the department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed a crime may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law.

N.J. Stat. § 43:11-2 Time between removal and reinstatement of policemen allowed in certain cases

When a member of the police department in any municipality has been removed from employment therein without charges being preferred against him, or has been removed from employment by reason of the disbanding of a police department, and has subsequently been reinstated, the time elapsed between such removal and reinstatement shall be computed as time in actual service in determining his right to retirement from service in the department.

N.J. Stat. § 43:11-4 Transfer to position in another branch of service of municipality

Any person who, while holding any office, position or employment in any municipality of this State and while a member of and entitled to benefits in any retirement system or pension fund operated wholly in such municipality and to which system or fund the member contributes, accepts or is transferred to an office, position or employment in another branch of service of said municipality, shall remain a member of such retirement system or pension fund notwithstanding such transfer, whether voluntary or involuntary, from the branch of service in which said pension fund or retirement system is maintained and shall continue to be entitled to all the benefits of said pension fund or retirement system under the same conditions, and deductions and contributions to said pension fund or retirement system shall be made for him, as though he had not so transferred from said branch of service. L.1941, c. 335, p. 892, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 43:11-5 Persons heretofore transferred to position in another branch of service of municipality

Any person who, while holding any office, position or employment in any municipality of this State and while a member of and entitled to benefits under any retirement system or pension fund operated wholly in such municipality and to which system or fund the member contributed thereto, heretofore was transferred to an office, position or employment in another branch of service of said municipality shall continue and remain a member of such retirement system or pension fund notwithstanding such transfer from the branch of service in which said pension fund or retirement system is maintained and shall continue to be entitled to all the benefits of said pension fund or retirement system under the same conditions and deductions and contributions to said pension fund or retirement system shall be made for him as though he had not so transferred from said branch of service. L.1941, c. 335, p. 892, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 43:11-6 Act inapplicable to uniformed policemen or firemen

This act shall not apply to any member of any uniformed police or fire department. L.1941, c. 335, p. 893, s. 3.

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