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(a) When by order of the Commander-in-Chief, the Military Forces of Puerto Rico or any part thereof are inducted into the Commonwealth Active Military Service, compensation for the officers and men enlisted by said services shall be authorized in the same order that prescribed the induction; Provided, That the officers and enlisted men shall receive the equivalent compensation provided for officers and enlisted men of equal rank in the Army of the United States of America.\n(b) When a member of the Military Forces of Puerto Rico in the Commonwealth Active Military Service is taken sick or suffers an injury by reason of such service, whereby he becomes disabled or requires hospitalization for a period of time longer than the term for which he was called to said Commonwealth Active Military Service, said member shall be maintained in Commonwealth Active Military Service while said disability or hospitalization lasts and until discharged by the medical authorities; and in addition to any other benefit or right to hospitalization or medical treatment to which he might be entitled by law as a government employee or official, he shall be entitled to receive the pay established in

to any other benefit or right to hospitalization or medical treatment to which he might be entitled by law as a government employee or official, he shall be entitled to receive the pay established in subsection (a) of this section for the time he so remains in Commonwealth Active Military Service.\nHistory —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 223; May 19, 1976, No. 44, p. 117, § 6.