Singapore legislation
Section 33
Section 33
Notice to attend court
(1)
Where it appears to the Director‑General or an enforcement officer that any person has committed an offence under this Act, the Director‑General or enforcement officer may serve upon the person a notice in such form as may be prescribed requiring the person to attend the court, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice.
(2)
The Director‑General or enforcement officer must prepare a duplicate of the notice mentioned in subsection (1) and, if so required by a court, produce the same to the court.
(3)
On an accused person appearing before a court pursuant to such a notice, the court is to take cognizance of the offence alleged and must proceed as though the accused person were produced before the court under section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
(4)
If a person, upon whom such a notice has been served, fails to appear before a court in accordance with the notice, the court must then issue a warrant for arrest of that person.
(5)
Upon a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under subsection (4) being produced before a court, the court must —
proceed as though the person was produced under section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010; and (b)at the conclusion of the proceedings, call upon the person to show cause why he or she should not be punished for failing to attend in compliance with the notice served upon him or her and, if cause is not shown, may order him or her to pay such fine not exceeding $2,000 as the court thinks fit or may commit him or her to prison for a term not exceeding 2 months.