§ 8. [Recovery of penalty.]

Whenever a penalty shall be incurred for the violation of any ordinance, and no provision shall be made for the imprisonment of the offender upon conviction thereof, such penalty may be recovered in an action in assumpsit. And when a corporation shall incur a penalty for the violation of any such ordinance, the same shall be sued for in an action in assumpsit. In either of the cases above mentioned if the court shall find the defendant guilty, he shall render judgment for all or such part of the maximum fine specified in the ordinance as he would impose in a similar case commenced by warrant. Prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of the city may, in all cases except against corporations, be commenced by warrant for the arrest of the offender. Such warrant shall be in the name of the people of the State of Michigan, and shall set forth the substance of the offense complained of, and be substantially in the form and be issued upon complaint made, as provided by law in criminal cases. And the proceedings relating to the arrest and custody of the accused during the pendency of the suit, the pleadings and all proceedings upon the trial of the cause and in procuring the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and in the rendition of judgments and the execution thereof shall, except as otherwise provided by this Charter, be governed by and conform as nearly as may be, to the provisions of law regulating proceedings in criminal causes.

(Amend. of 4-7-69)