(1) The Chief Municipal Officer may direct any prosecution for any public nuisance whatsoever or violation of any order or directions issued under this Act and may order proceedings to be taken for the recovery of any penalties and for the punishment of any persons violating the provisions of this Act or of any rule or bye-laws thereunder and may order the expenses of such prosecutions or other proceedings to be paid out of the municipal fund:
Provided that no prosecution for an offence under this Act or rule or bye-laws framed thereunder shall be instituted except within six months after the commission of such offence.
(2) Any prosecution under this Act or under any rules or bye-laws made thereunder may, save as therein otherwise provided, be instituted before any Magistrate, and every fine or penalty imposed under or by virtue of this Act or any rule or bye-laws thereunder and also all claims to compensation or other expenses for the recovery of which no special provision is otherwise made in this Act may be recovered on application to such Magistrate by the distress and sale of any movable or immovable property within the limits of his jurisdiction belonging to the person from whom the money is claimable.