Hear and determine such case in the absence of such person.

No person shall be liable to any punishment for an offence under this Act Limitation of time for or the rules or the regulations made thereunder unless a complain of such prosecution. offence is made before a Municipal Magistrate within six months next after-

1. (a) the date of commission of such offence or,
2. (b) The date on which the commission or the continuance of such offence is first brought to the notice of the Municipality or the Chief Municipal