All officers and employees of the Government of Puerto Rico or its political subdivisions, agencies and public corporations, who are members of the Military Forces of Puerto Rico, shall be entitled to a military leave of absence up to a maximum of thirty (30) days a year to be absent from their respective posts without the loss of pay, time or efficiency rating during the period in which they were rendering military services as part of their annual training or in military schools, when so ordered or authorized under the provisions of the laws of the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provided, That when said Federal or Commonwealth Active Military Service is in excess of thirty days, such member of the Military Forces of Puerto Rico may complete such period of annual training or military school chargeable to any leave with pay accrued or any leave without pay to which he is entitled.
History —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 231, eff. 90 days after June 23, 1969.