P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 235
Every person who on the operative date of the System holds a position as judge and every person who from and after the operative date of the System holds a position as judge, shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 233—246 of this title.
The participation of any judge in the Retirement System shall continue throughout the entire time that he is in active service or receiving a retirement pension. Participation shall also continue throughout any period during which a judge renders services in the United States Armed Forces while the United States is at war or in a state of emergency declared by the President or the Congress, provided that this officer returns to the service of the government as judge within the 90 days following his honorable discharge and pays into the System the contributions corresponding to the time he spent in the Armed Forces, along with the corresponding interest. Such contribution shall be on the basis of the salary he was receiving on the date he was mustered into the Armed Forces.
History —Oct. 19, 1954, No. 12, p. 152, § 3, retroactive to July 1, 1954.