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[CITE: 10USC1263]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 63--RETIREMENT FOR AGE
 
Sec. 1263. Age 62: warrant officers

    (a) Unless retired under section 1305 of this title, a permanent 
regular warrant officer who has at least 20 years of active service that 
could be credited to him under section 511 of the Career Compensation 
Act of 1949, as amended (70 Stat. 114; 10 U.S.C. 580 note), and who is 
at least 62 years of age, shall be retired 60 days after he becomes that 
age, except as provided by section 8301 of title 5.
    (b) The Secretary concerned may defer, for not more than four 
months, the retirement under subsection (a) of any warrant officer if, 
because of unavoidable circumstances, evaluation of his physical 
condition and determination of his entitlement to retirement or 
separation for physical disability require hospitalization or medical 
observation that cannot be completed before the date when he would 
otherwise be required to retire under this section.

(Aug. 10, 1956 ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 101; Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 3, Nov. 2, 
1966, 80 Stat. 1115; Pub. L. 90-130, Sec. 1(6), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 
374; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 511(46), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2924; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X, Sec. 1052(17), Oct. 23, 1992, 
106 Stat. 2500.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1263(a)...............................  10:600(d) (as applicable to          Ma
y 29, 1954, ch. 249, Secs.  2(d)
                                         10:600l(b) (less (1)-(3))).          (
as applicable to Sec.  14(b)
                                        10:600l(b) (less (1)-(3)).            (
less (1)-(3))), 14(b) (less (1)-
                                        10:600r(c) (as applicable to          (
3)), 14(e) (as applicable to (b)
                                         10:600l(b) (less (1)-(3))).          (
less (1)-(3))), 21(c) (as
                                        34:135(d) (as applicable to           a
pplicable to 14(b) (less (1)-
                                         34:430(b) (less (1)-(3))).           (
3))), 68 Stat. 157, 162, 163,
                                        34:430(b) (less (1)-(3)).             1
68.
                                        34:430c (as applicable to 34:430(b)
                                         (less (1)-(3))).
1263(b)...............................  10:600l(e) (as applicable to
                                         10:600l(b) (less (1)-(3))).
                                        34:430(e) (as applicable to
                                         34:430(b) (less (1)-(3))).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``has at least'' are substituted for 
the words ``has attained''. The words ``has at least'' are substituted 
for the words ``having completed not less than''. The words ``on that 
date which'' are omitted as surplusage. 10:600l(b) (15 words before (1)) 
and 34:430(b) (15 words before (1)) are omitted as covered by section 
1275 of this title.
    In subsection (b), the words ``The Secretary concerned may defer'' 
are substituted for the words ``may, in the discretion of the Secretary, 
be deferred''. The words ``determination of his'' are inserted for 
clarity. The words ``not more than'' are substituted for the words ``a 
period not to exceed''. The words ``he would otherwise be required to 
retire under this section'' are substituted for the words ``retirement * 
* * would otherwise be required''. The words ``which is required'', 
``possible'', ``proper'', and ``a period of'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-484 substituted ``580 note'' for 
``564 note''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``511 of the Career 
Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (70 Stat. 114; 10 U.S.C. 564 
note)'' for ``311 of title 37''.
    1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-130 struck out reference to section 
1255 of this title.
    1966--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-718 substituted ``8301'' for ``47a''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1401, 1406 of this title; 
title 14 section 334.
