316. When the Attorney General exercises any recourse contemplated in section 315 and based on subparagraph 7 of section 116, the person against whom the recourse is exercised must cease holding the office of mayor or councillor and cease acting as such from the date of the authorization contemplated in article 834 of the Code of Civil Procedure until the date of the final judgment; he shall not be entitled, during such period, to any indemnity, allowance, remuneration or salary related to such an office.
Every person who holds the office of mayor or councillor or acts as such contrary to this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary proceeding, for each day or part of a day during which such offence continues, to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1 000 and to imprisonment for not less than fifteen days nor more than six months.