§ 43-16-13

43:16-13. Member with twenty years' service not to be deprived of pension privileges; fine, reprimand or discharge No member of the police or fire department in any municipality or county in this State who shall have served honorably in any such department for a period of twenty years shall be deprived of his pension privileges under chapter sixteen of Title 43 because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of the department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law. L.1938, c. 252, p. 561, s. 1.