Section 4221.12 - Present employes exempted(a) All members of the force of deputy sheriffs upon the effective date of this act shall continue to hold their positions and shall not be required to take any examination whatsoever under this act except such as may be required for subsequent promotion.(b) Each member of the force of deputy sheriffs now or hereafter serving in the armed forces of the United States during any war or any police action in which the United States is engaged shall, upon his honorable discharge from such service and return to such force, be reinstated in the force in a position of equal grade to that which he held immediately before entering the armed forces of the United States. He shall continue to hold such position and shall not be required to take any examination under the provisions of this act except such as may be required for promotion.1974, May 31, P.L. 296, No. 94, § 12, imd. effective.