40.1. In no case may the Commission exercise the power provided for in section 40 unless the offender has been summoned to appear before it to hear the proof of the facts he is accused of and plead any arguments he may have in his defence, and unless he has been heard or has failed to appear.
Sections 16, 17 and 18 of the Summary Convictions Act (chapter P-15) apply, mutatismutandis, to every summons provided for in this section.