Notice to attend court
46.—(1)  Where it appears to the Commissioner or any public health officer, police officer or authorised officer that any person has committed an offence under this Act or the regulations, the Commissioner, public health officer, police officer or authorised officer may, in his discretion, serve upon the person a notice in such form as may be prescribed requiring the person to attend at the court, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice.
(2)  The Commissioner, public health officer, police officer or authorised officer shall prepare a duplicate of the notice referred to 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 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).
(4)  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.
(5)  Upon a person arrested in pursuance of a warrant issued under subsection (4) being produced before a court, the court shall —
(a)proceed as though he were produced in pursuance of section 136 of the Criminal Procedure Code; and
(b)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.