§ 5. Qualification of members of council; conduct of candidates.

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Any person qualified to vote in the city shall be eligible to the office of council member or mayor therein. No candidate for the office of councilman or mayor shall promise any money, office, employment or other thing of value, to secure a nomination or election, or accept in connection with his candidacy any money except as permitted by the general laws of the State; and any such candidate violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court or jury, and shall forfeit his office, if elected; in which event, the person receiving the next highest number of votes, who has not violated these provisions shall be entitled to such office.

(Acts 1962, Ch. 442, § 1; Acts 1966, Ch. 73, § 1; Acts 2002, Ch. 685, § 1)

(Acts 1962, Ch. 442, § 1; Acts 1966, Ch. 73, § 1; Acts 2002, Ch. 685, § 1)

                    
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