(1) Where a complaint is made before a magistrate that a person has committed, or is suspected to have committed, any offence or act within the jurisdiction of the magistrate, for which he or she is liable by law, upon a summary order made by the magistrate to be—
(a) imprisoned; or
(b) fined; or
(c) otherwise punished; or
(d) required to pay a sum of money or to do any act,
it shall be lawful for such magistrate to issue a summons directed to such person, stating briefly the substance of such complaint, and requiring him or her to appear not later than 48 hours after the service of such summons, before the magistrate to answer to the complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law.
(2) Nothing contained in this section shall oblige any magistrate to make any such order in any case where the application for an order is made ex parte.