Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 23586. Credited service

(a) Credited service shall be computed from the time of the first or original employment; said employment shall consist of service to the city, and need not be continuous, provided that contributions have been made in accordance with section 4(a) and (h)  1 for all periods of service.

(b) Any employee shall receive full credit for each year of service for which credit has been purchased under the provision of section 4(e) and (f). 2

(c) Any employee who shall have enlisted or been drafted to serve in the Army or Navy of the United States in time of war or shall have been drafted to serve in the Army or Navy of the United States in time of peace, shall have such service credited in full to his service record as service to the city.

(d) Any person who terminated service prior to January 1, 1975, having at least 20 years of credited service and who upon termination of service continued making contributions, shall upon completion of 25 years of continuous contributions be entitled to receive credited service for all such years of contributions.