Section 27. Penalties.--(a) Summary Offenses. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or any rule or regulation of the county department of health, or who interferes with a health director or any other agent of a county department of health in the discharge of his official duties, shall, for the first offense, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before any alderman or justice of the peace of the county wherein said offense was committed, or before any police magistrate if such offense be committed in a city of the second class, be sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution and a fine of not less than thirty dollars ($30) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300), and, in default thereof, to undergo imprisonment of not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days.
(b) Misdemeanors. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or any rule or regulation of the county department of health, or who interferes with a health director or any other agent of a county department of health in the discharge of his official duties, convicted of a second or subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or to undergo imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
(c) Separate Offenses. For the purpose of this section, violations on separate days shall be considered separate offenses.
Fines and penalties recovered under this section shall be in addition to any costs recovered for the abatement of nuisances under section 12(d) of this act.
(27 amended July 22, 1970, P.L.545, No.186 which amendment overlooked the final paragraph)
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.