Section 12
SEC. 12. Qualifications, election, suspension and removal of elective members of Board.-The elective members of the Municipal Board shall be qualified electors of the city, residents therein for at least one year, and not less than twenty-three years of age. Upon qualifying, the members-elect shall assume office on the date fixed in the Revised Election Code until their successors are elected and have qualified. If for any reason the election fails to take place on the date fixed by law, or such election results in a failure to elect one or more of the members, the President shall issue as soon as practicable a proclamation calling a special election to fill said office. Whenever the member-elect dies before assumption of office, or, having been elected, his election is not confirmed by the President for disloyalty, or such member-elect fails to quality for any reason, the President may in his discretion either call a special election or fill the office by appointment. Vacancies occurring after assumption of office shall be filled by appointment by the President of a suitable person belonging to the political party of the officer whom he is to replace. The elective members of the Municipal Board may b suspended or removed from office under the same circumstances, in the same manner and with the same effect, as elective provincial officers, and the provisions of law providing for the suspension or removal of elective province officers are hereby made effective for the suspension removal of said elective members of the Board.