If any member of the said Fire Department should be discharged from the service for reasons of economy or reduction in force due to no fault of said member, and later should be reemployed by the said Fire Department, his rights to the privileges and benefits of this Part shall continue as from the date of original employment without any loss of rights and privileges due to such period of absence from the service.  

Designated from Acts 1940, No. 12, §15 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.