§88-161 Dismissal after twenty years' service; pensions. Any member of the police force, fire department or band who is dismissed therefrom for any cause other than for being convicted of a felony, after the member shall have been in actual service for twenty years or more, shall receive from the pension system a monthly payment equal to forty per cent of the average monthly compensation for the ten years of service immediately preceding the member's dismissal. [L 1917, c 220, §7; RL 1925, §2167; am L 1933, c 46, §4; RL 1935, §7910; RL 1945, §6179; RL 1955, §6-141; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-161; gen ch 1985]