Clause 6

Where an officer of the Board has reasonable ground for believing that a person has committed an offence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder, he may, in lieu of applying to a court for a summons, serve upon that person a prescribed notice, requiring that person to attend at the court, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice.(2) A duplicate of the notice shall be prepared by the officer of the Board and, if so required by the court, produced to the court.(3) The notice may be served on the person alleged to have committed the offence in the manner provided in section 62A(1).(4) 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 the court in pursuance of section 136 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68).(5) If a person, upon whom such a notice has been served, fails to appear before a court in person or by counsel in accordance therewith, the court may, if satisfied that the notice was duly served, issue a warrant for the arrest of the person unless that person has before that date been permitted to compound the offence.(6) Upon a person arrested in pursuance of a warrant issued under subsection (5) being produced before a court, the court shall —

proceed as though he were produced in pursuance of section 136 of the Criminal Procedure Code; and

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 served upon 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.(7) An officer authorised in that behalf by the Board may, at any time before the date specified in the notice, cancel the notice.(8) The Board may prescribe such form of notice as it may think fit for the purposes of this section.Service of notice and summons62A.—

Every notice to attend court issued under section 62, and every summons issued by a court, against any person in connection with any offence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder may be served on the person —

by delivering it to the person or to some adult member of his family at his last known place of residence;

by leaving it at or sending it by registered post to his usual or last known place of residence or business in an envelope addressed to the person;

where the person is a body of persons or a company —

by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the body of persons or company at its registered office or principal place business; or

by sending it by registered post addressed to the body of persons or company at its registered office or principal place of business.(2) Any notice to attend court, or summons, sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person to whom the letter is at the time when the letter would, in the ordinary course of post, be delivered and, in proving service of the summons, it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the summons was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.”.