43:7-17. Refusal to accept provisions of act; notice
If any prison officer of this State shall decline to accept the provisions of this act, he shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act, notify the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to be bound by the provisions thereof and in such event no payments or deductions as aforesaid shall be made from the salary of such prison officer, but neither such prison officer nor any of his dependents shall receive any pension under the provisions of this act.
L.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 11.