§ 23. Regulations Concerning Noncontinuous Service.  


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  • If any member of the said fire department shall be laid off due to a reduction in the force of such fire department or placed on pension under the terms and provisions of this act, except for injury as in this section hereinafter mentioned, and then returned to service in the said fire department, only the period of time during which said member was laid off or so upon pension shall be deducted in computing the active service referred to in this act. Any member of the said fire department who shall be placed on pension under the terms and provisions of this act, due to injury resulting from and directly attributable to the performance of said duty as a member of the said fire department, upon returning to service as a member of said fire department, shall be given credit for the time he was so off on pension in computing his active service under the terms and provisions of this act, if any member of the said fire department shall be retired due to physical disability not resulting from and directly attributable to the performance of his duty as a member of the said fire department shall receive credit only for the active service actually rendered in, and as a member of the said department, on* computing his active service under the terms and provisions of this act.

    (Laws of Fla. ch. 23444(1945), § 23)

    *The word "on" read "or" in the original act.