Nomination by Petition.
   Section 54.   Any elector of this municipality save and except as is hereinbefore provided, may become a candidate for any elective office provided for by this charter by filing with the board of deputy state supervisors a nomination petition signed by not less than one (1) per centum of the total number of votes cast for mayor at the last regular municipal election for the first election thereunder and twenty-five (25) per centum for all succeeding years. Such nomination by petition shall in all particulars conform to the requirements prescribed by general law.