Section 117: Issue of summons and contents

Where a complaint is made before a Magistrate as provided in section 115 of this Act and the Magistrate decides to issue a summons, the summons shall be directed to the suspect, stating concisely the substance of the complaint and requiring him to appear at a certain time and place not less than forty-eight hours after the service of the summons before the court to answer to the complaint and to be further dealt with according to law.