Section 53

If a person who has been served a notice under subsection (1)

refuses to accept or denies receipt of the notice, the notice shall be considered to have been served to that person on the date of service of the notice.

If any person who is served with a notice as provided by subsection (1) fails to appear in person or by counsel, then, unless it appears that it was not reasonably possible for that person so to appear, the court may, if satisfied that the notice was served, issue a warrant for the arrest of that person unless in the case of a compoundable offence, that person has within the period specified in the notice, been permitted to compound the offence.