A person who shall fail to obey an order of the department made and served as prescribed in R.S. 4:7-17, within the time therein specified, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the department in the manner provided in article one of chapter twenty-three of this Title (R.S. 4:23-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or municipal court of any municipality.
N.J.S. § 4:7-18