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Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 17 - NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 853l - Retirement for length of service upon application
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§853l. Retirement for length of service upon application
§853l. Retirement for length of service upon application
When any commissioned officer has completed twenty years of service, he may at any time thereafter, upon his own application, in the discretion of the President, be placed on the retired list.
(June 3, 1948, ch. 390, §14, formerly §13, 62 Stat. 299; renumbered §14 and amended Pub. L. 87–233, §1(e), Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 506.)
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 14 of act June 3, 1948, was classified to section 853m of this title prior to repeal by act Oct. 12, 1949.
Amendments1961—Pub. L. 87–233 substituted “twenty” for “thirty”.
Delegation of FunctionsFunctions of the President under this section delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, see section 1(f) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, May 28, 1962, 27 F.R. 5131, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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