Any violation of a District ordinance is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable before the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction when such violation occurs in that part of the District situated within the corporate limits of the City of St. Louis, and before the Magistrate Courts in St. Louis County when such violation occurs in that part of the District situated within the corporate limits of said county. If the defendant pleads or is found guilty of a violation of a District ordinance, the judge or the magistrate, as the case may be, shall declare and assess the punishment prescribed by ordinance according to his findings or verdict of the jury and render judgment accordingly and for costs, except that no ordinance shall fix as a penalty a fine of more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the city workhouse or the county jail, as the case may be, for more than one year or both such fine and imprisonment. It shall be part of such judgment that the defendant stand committed until such judgment is complied with.

All prosecutions for the violation of a District ordinance shall be titled: "The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District against............................."(naming the person or persons charged).

Informations involving violation of District ordinances shall be filed by the City Counselor of the City of St. Louis, under his oath of office, when such violation occurs in that part of the District situated within the corporate limits of said city, and by the County Counselor of St. Louis County, under his oath of office, when such violation occurs in that part of the District situated within the corporate limits of said county; provided, however, that informations or complaints subscribed and sworn to by any other person competent to testify against the accused may be filed and proceeded upon as other informations or complaints of like nature as provided in section 479.130, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1949, in said city, and section 543.030, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1949, in said county.

The police in the City of St. Louis and the police, sheriff, and constables in St. Louis County are hereby charged with the enforcement of all District ordinances in such parts of the District as are situated within their respective jurisdictions.

Unless in conflict with the provisions of this Plan, the provisions of Chapter 479, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1949 shall apply to actions before the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction involving the violation of District ordinances, and the provisions of Chapter 543, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1949 shall apply to such actions before the Magistrate Courts in St. Louis County.