Subject to the provisions of section 59 of the act to which this act is a supplement, a member who has 10 or more years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer but who cannot qualify for service retirement as a law enforcement officer shall receive upon retirement for service a retirement allowance as set forth in section 48 of the act to which this act is a supplement, except that for each year of creditable service as a law enforcement officer he shall receive, instead of the pension provided in section 48(b) of said act, a pension which, when added to the annuity, will produce a retirement allowance equal to 2% of his final compensation multiplied by his number of years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer for which he has made contributions up to 25, plus 1% of his final compensation multiplied by his number of years of creditable service for which he has made contributions over 25 or for which he has made no contributions to the retirement system for the period while he was a law enforcement officer.
N.J.S. § 43:15A-101