(1) A police officer may, by a written notice, direct a child in conflict with the law to appear at an initial inquiry at a specified time, specified place and on a specified date and to remain in attendance at the initial inquiry relating to the offence.
(2) If a release is authorized under section 14, the written notice under subsection (1), must be delivered to the child and to the parent or appropriate adult.
(3) A police officer who directs a child under subsection (1) shall —
(a) direct the parent or an appropriate adult to bring the child or cause the child to be brought to appear at the initial inquiry; and
(b) complete and hand to the child and the parent or an appropriate adult, a written notice on which is entered the offence in respect of which the initial inquiry will be conducted and the time and place at which the child must appear.
(4) A police officer shall —
(a) when he or she hands the written notice to a child, the parent or an appropriate adult —
(i) inform the child, the parent or appropriate adult of the nature of the allegation against the child,
(ii) inform the child, the parent or appropriate of his or her rights in the prescribed manner, and
(iii) explain to the child, the parent or appropriate adult the immediate procedures to be followed under this Act; and
(b) not later than twenty-four hours after handing the written notice to the child, inform a probation officer that he or she has done so.
(5) A child, a parent or an appropriate adult who is directed to appear at an initial inquiry by a police officer under this section and who fails to do so, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.