26. Every person who has paid any money, commission, fee or reward to any member of a municipal council for services performed or to be performed by such member of the municipal council, in his official capacity, whether it be service rendered by himself, directly or indirectly, or through a third party, and for the prosecution of any business before the council or before any committee thereof, may recover the same, at any time, by suit, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
R. S. 1964, c. 173, s. 26.