23. Notice to attend court
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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.
Commissioner
“Commissioner”, “Deputy Commissioner of Public Health” and “Assistant Commissioner of Public Health” mean respectively the Commissioner of Public Health, a Deputy Commissioner of Public Health and an Assistant Commissioner of Public Health appointed under section 4(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act;
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.
Medical Officer of Health
“Medical Officer of Health” means any registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government who is for the time being carrying out the duties of a Health Officer in any area or district in Singapore or the port limits thereof, and includes the Airport Health Officer, the Port Health Officer and any registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government who is engaged in vector control duties;
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