(A) Activities prohibited.
(1) No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any city position or appointive city administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions, or affiliations.
(2) No person shall willfully make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report in regard to any test, certification, or appointment under the personnel provisions of this Charter or the rules and regulations made thereunder, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of such provisions, rules, and regulations.
(3) No person who seeks appointment or promotion with respect to any city position or appointive city administrative office shall directly or indirectly give, render, or pay any money, service, or other valuable thing to any person for or in connection with his test, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion.
(4) No person holding elective office under this Charter, nor any candidate for such elective office, shall in any way, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any purpose whatever from any person holding any compensated appointive city position.
(5) No person holding any compensated appointive city position under this Charter shall make any contribution whatever, directly or indirectly, to any person holding elective office in the city or to any person who is a candidate for such elective office. No person holding any compensated appointive city position under this Charter shall solicit or receive any contribution for, or aid in any political campaign on behalf of, any person holding elective office under this Charter or any candidate for such elective office. This shall not prevent any person holding any compensated appointive city position from fully exercising his rights as a citizen to express his opinions and cast his vote.
(B) Penalties. Any person who by himself or with others willfully violates any of the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (A) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both. Any person who by himself or with others willfully violates any of the provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection (A) shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Any person convicted under this section shall be ineligible for a period of five years thereafter to hold any city office or position and, if an officer or employee of the city, shall immediately forfeit his office or position.