Be it further enacted, that no person, officer, or employee, whomsoever other than the city judge shall have the right or power or be permitted to remit in whole or in part any fine or costs imposed by the city judge or to release any prisoner whether awaiting trial or otherwise, except on the order of the city judge; and any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or maximum allowable by law, and shall forfeit his office, provided that in case of emergency incident to illness or accident, prisoners may be released on order of a qualified physician. (As amended by Priv. Acts 1972, ch. 416, sec. 21 and Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)