50. (1) Whenever, by any act or law, authority is given to commit a person to prison, or to levy any sum upon his goods or chattels by distress, for not obeying an order of a justice of the peace, such person shall be served with a copy of the minute of the order before any warrant of commitment or of distress is issued in that behalf.
(2) The order or minute shall not form part of the warrant of commitment or of distress.