(1) Where an authority wishes to apply to a housing court for an order, it shall applyin writing to the clerk of court for the issue of a summons.
(2) Upon an application in terms of subsection (1), the clerk of court shall issue asummons in the prescribed form calling upon the owner and any right holder of the building concerned to show cause at the time, upon the date and at the place stated in the summons why the order should not be made:
Provided that the date stated in the summons shall not be— (a) less than twenty-one days; or
(b) more than thirty days; from the date of issue of the summons.