23. (1) Prosecutions under this act, save those resulting from section 20, shall be taken in the name of the Minister, before a Justice of the Peace, Judge of the Sessions or Judge of the Provincial Court, and shall be governed by Part I of the Summary Convictions Act (chapter P-15).
(2) It is not necessary for the Minister to sign or swear to the complaint, nor to appear, or to prove his appointment and exercise of his office, and he shall be represented for all purposes by the advocate whom he has authorized to take such prosecutions.