Section 23

Where it appears to the Commissioner, a police officer, a Medical Officer of Health or a public health auxiliary that any person has committed or is guilty of an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, the Commissioner, police officer, Medical Officer of Health or public health auxiliary may, in his discretion, serve upon the person a notice in such form as may be prescribed under section 31(1), requiring the person to attend at the court described, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice.

A duplicate of the notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be prepared by the Commissioner, police officer, Medical Officer of Health or public health auxiliary, as the case may be, and by him, if so required by a court, produced to the court.

On an accused person appearing before a court in pursuance of such a notice, the court shall take cognizance of the offence alleged and shall proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance of section 136 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

If a person, upon whom such a notice has been served, fails to appear before a court in accordance therewith, the court shall thereupon issue a warrant for the arrest of that person.

Upon a person arrested in pursuance of a warrant issued under subsection (4) being produced before it, a court shall proceed as though he was produced before it in pursuance of section 136 of the Criminal Procedure Code and shall at the conclusion of the proceedings call upon him to show cause why he should not be punished for failing to attend in compliance with the notice delivered to him and if cause is not shown may order him to pay such fine not exceeding $2,000 as the court thinks fit or may commit him to prison for a term not exceeding 2 months. [20C