{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-43-7-17","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 43:7-17","heading":"Refusal to accept provisions of act;  notice","body":"If any prison officer of this State shall decline to accept the provisions of this act, he shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act, notify  the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to be  bound by the provisions thereof and in such event no payments or deductions as  aforesaid shall be made from the salary of such prison officer, but neither  such prison officer nor any of his dependents shall receive any pension under  the provisions of this act.\nL.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 11.","path":["TITLE 43 PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT \t\t\tCOMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"fba3609fd61c476dea90d2aa8c771e7f0b76a682588e842800dee56d05be7db7","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-43-7-16","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-43-7-18.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}