Section 39, The Medical Practitioners, Dentists and Druggists Ordinance

(1) All prosecutions for offences under this Ordinance Legal .shall be commenced within twelve months after the offence shall proceedmgs. have been committed. (2) Prosecutions shall be dealt with summarily where the punishment prescribed is a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and may be dealt with summarily when, in the opinion of the Court, the offence is of such a nature that it would be adequately punished by a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or, in cases where imprisonment is prescribed otherwise than in default of payment of a fine, by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding three months.