Pub. L. 83-773, tit. II, sec. 205

Sec. 205. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except as provided in sections 328 and 339, if on any date prescribed for the transfer from an active status or discharge of any Reserve officer, he has been credited with, or is entitled to be credited with eighteen or more, but less than nineteen, years of satisfactory Federal service for retired pay purposes under the provisions of title III of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948, as amended, such officer shall not, without his consent, be transferred from an active status or discharged pursuant to this Act prior to the date on which he is credited with twenty years of such satisfactory Federal service, or prior to the third anniversary of the date on which he would otherwise be transferred from an active status or discharged, whichever is earlier, unless transferred or discharged for physical disability, cause, or by reason of attaining the maximum age at which transfer from an active status or discharge is required by this Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except as provided in sections 328 and 339, if on any date prescribed for the transfer from an active status or discharge of any Reserve officer, he has been credited with, or is entitled to be credited with nineteen or more, but less than twenty years of satisfactory Federal service for retired pay purposes under the provisions of title III of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948, as amended, such officer shall not, without his consent, be transferred from an active status or discharged pursuant to this Act prior to the 68 Stat. 1152 date on which he is credited with twenty years of such satisfactory Federal service, or prior to the second anniversary of the date on which he would otherwise be transferred from an active status or discharged, whichever is earlier, unless transferred or discharged for physical disability, cause, or by reason of attaining the maximum age at which transfer from an active status or discharge is required by this Act.