Cap. 206 чл. 10Special procedure in certain cases.

(1) Notwithstanding any other law providing for the trial and punishment of offences, where any person commits an offence against any of the provisions of this Act or of any order made thereunder, the following provisions of this article shall apply.

(2) Any Police officer and any Health Inspector in whose opinion any such offence has been committed may hand over to the offender a notice containing a general description of the offence.

(3) Where any notice has been handed over as is provided in subarticle (2), the person referred to in the said notice may pay at the Department of Health in Valletta or at Victoria, Gozo, within seven days, a fine of eleven euro and sixty-five cents (11.65) in respect of each offence referred to in each such notice.

(4) Where any fine imposed under subarticle (3) is not paid within the aforementioned period, ordinary proceedings in respect of the offence may be taken in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of the Criminal Code.

(5) The payment of any such fine shall, for all intents and purposes of law, be deemed to be an admission of the commission of the offence.