Those eligible on or after the effective date of this act as provided in Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, shall receive retirement pay upon reaching age 60, provided they have been separated from the national guard or defense force for age, physical reasons or as a result of federal law or regulation and such separation was honorable and not self-generated. Deduction from state benefits made on evidence at federal retirement as provided in section 49c of Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended by Act No. 134 of the Public Acts of 1952, shall continue to be made.
MCL 32.835