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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 1223— RETIRED PAY FOR NON-REGULAR SERVICE · § 12734

§ 12734. Time not creditable toward years of service

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(a)Service in an inactive status may not be counted in any computation of years of service under this chapter.
(b)Time spent after retirement (without pay) for failure to conform to standards and qualifications prescribed under section 12641 of this title may not be credited in a computation of years of service under this chapter.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 104, § 1334; Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 108, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 509; renumbered § 12734 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(j)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2998, 3003.)
Subsection
(a)is substituted for 10:1036c (1st 17 words of last sentence, as applicable to inactive status), 10:1036g (last 41 words of 2d sentence), 34:440k (last 17 words of last sentence, as applicable to inactive status), and 34:440o (last 41 words of 2d sentence). 10:1036c (proviso of last sentence, as applicable to inactive status) and 34:440k (proviso of last sentence, as applicable to inactive status) are omitted as executed. 10:1036c (last sentence, less 1st 17 words and less proviso, as applicable to inactive status) and 34:440k (last sentence, less 1st 17 words and less proviso, as applicable to inactive status) are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (b), 10:1036c (proviso of last sentence, less applicability to inactive status) and 34:440k (proviso of last sentence, less applicability to inactive status) are omitted as executed. 10:1036c (last sentence, less 1st 17 words and less proviso, less applicability to inactive status) and 34:440k (last sentence, less 1st 17 words and less proviso, less applicability to inactive status) are omitted as surplusage.
1962 Act
The change conforms section 1334(b) of title 10 to the source law, the last sentence of section 304 of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1089). Section 305 makes the change retroactive to August 10, 1956, the date of repeal of the source law by the original military codification act of that date.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 104
  • Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 108
  • 76 Stat. 509
  • Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(j)(1)
  • 108 Stat. 2998
  • section 1334(b) of title 10
  • 62 Stat. 1089
  • Pub. L. 103–337
  • section 1334 of this title
  • Pub. L. 87–651
  • section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337
  • Section 305 of Pub. L. 87–651
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§ 12734
Time not creditable toward years of service
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ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 104
Pub. L.Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 108
Stat.76 Stat. 509
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(j)(1)
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