Retirement, resignation, and non-reappointment of judges; recall

§ 11–1701. Retirement, resignation, and non-reappointment of judges; recall (a) A judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, or the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia who, after having served as a judge of the court for a period or periods aggregating twenty years or more, whether continuously or not, retires, resigns. or fails of reappointment upon the expiration of his term of office, shall receive annually in equal monthly installments, during the remainder 77 Stat. 503of his life, a sum equal to such proportion of his salary at the date of his retirement, resignation, or failure of reappointment upon the expiration of his term of office as the total of his aggregate years of service bears to the period of thirty years, to be paid in the same manner as his salary. The sum so received by him may not exceed his salary at the date his service ceases. (b) In computing the years of service pursuant to this section, service in either the Police Court of the District of Columbia or the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, or the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, as constituted prior to July 1, 1942, or the Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, as constituted prior to January 1, 1963, shall be included whether or not the service is continuous. (c) A judge receiving retirement salary pursuant to this section may be called upon by the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals or the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions to perform such judicial duties as may be requested of him in either of those courts, or in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia; but a retired judge shall not be required to render service for more than ninety days in a calendar year after retirement. In case of illness or disability precluding the rendering of service the retired judge shall lie fully relieved of service during his illness or disability.