If a member, while employed by the City was called to or entered, or is called to or enters, any armed service of the United States during time of war or other national emergency, and is re-employed by the City within six months from and after the date such armed service required of him or her terminates, he or she shall be credited with such armed service required of him or her, not to exceed a total of five years, in the same manner as if he or she had served the City uninterruptedly, provided that he or she returns to the Members Deposit Fund the amount, if any, he or she withdrew therefrom at the time he or she entered such armed service, or while in such armed service, together with regular interest thereon from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment. In any case of doubt as to the period of such armed service to be so credited any member, the Board of Trustees shall have final power to determine such period. During the period of such armed service and until his or her return to City employment, his or her contributions to the Members Deposit Fund shall be suspended and any balance standing to his or her credit therein shall be accumulated at regular interest.
(1974 Code 1.215)