Section 23
SEC. 23. (a) A person elected by the people to fill a municipal office shall not be permitted to decline the same, but shall qualify and discharge the duties thereof, unless before election he shall have presented to the judges of election, and established to their satisfaction, a claim for exemption on the ground: That he has discharged the duties of the same office for two previous terms; or That he is physically disabled; or That he is more than sixty-five years of age. (b) Any person violating the foregoing provision of this section, and being convicted thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall suffer imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.