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[84 STAT. 502]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 502]

502

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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

[84 STAT.

of his reduced retirement salary. I n no event shall the retirement salary (including the amount provided by subsection (c) of this section) of a judge exceed 80 per centum of his basic salary immediately prior to the date of his retirement. " (b) The retirement salary of a judge retired for disability pursuant to section 11-1526 (b) or section 11-1562 (c) or (d) shall be paid annually in equal monthly installments during the remainder of his life and shall be computed as provided in subsection (a). If a judge is retired for disability, his retirement salary shall not be reduced because of his age at the time of retirement. I n ho event shall the retirement salary of a judge retired for disability be less than 50 per centum or exceed 80 per centum of his basic salary immediately prior to the date of his retirement. "(c) I n computing the retirement salary of a judge retiring under section 11-1562, the judge shall be entitled, if he so elects during the continuance of his judicial service or at the time of his retirement, to receive, in addition to the amount provided for in subsection (a) of this section, an amount (payable annually in equal monthly installments during the remainder of his life) based on military and civilian service performed by the judge which is creditable under section 8332 ^^ ^^^^^ ^' United States Code, computed in accordance with section 8339 (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), and (h) of that title, as applicable, subj^ct to the provisions of section 8334(c) and (d) of that title and the provisions of subsection (d) of this section; except that average pay for the purpose of the computation shall be deemed to be the basic salary of the judge immediately prior to the date of his retirement under section 11-1562. " (d)(1) The crediting of service with respect to any judge under subsection (c) of this section shall be made on the standard basis of a deposit in the sum equal to 3i/^ per centum of his basic salary, pay, or compensation for civilian service creditable under section 8332 of title 5, United States Code, with interest as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection. "(2) Interest on deposits under this subsection is computed from the midpoint of each service period included in the computation to the date of deposit or the commencing date of the retirement salary of the judge, whichever date is the earlier. Interest is computed at the rate oi 4 per centum a year to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum a year thereafter, compounded annually. Interest may not be charged for a period of separation from the service which began before October 31, 1956. "(3) Deposit under this subsection may not be required for— " (A) service before August 1, 1920; " (B) military service; or " (C) service for the Panama Railroad Company before January 1, 1924. "(4) If a judge elects to be credited with service under subsection (c) of this section, his lump-sum credit, or any remaining balance thereof, in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund or in the retirement fund of any other retirement system for civilian employees of the Government of the United States or the District of Columbia, shall be transferred to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund. The judge shall be deemed to consent to the transfer. The transfer shall be a complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands against the retirement system from which the funds were transferred on account of the service so credited. "(5) A judge whose lump-sum credit is transferred to the fund under paragraph (4) of this subsection is not required to make deposits in addition to the amount transferred for periods of service for which