(a) Any person other than the officers of a municipality, county or governmental unit who violates the requirements of section 5¹ or any bluff setback ordinance or regulation, is guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each separate offense, and, in default of the payment of such fine, to imprisonment for a period of not more than 60 days. All summary proceedings under this act may be brought before any district magistrate of the county where the violation occurred, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said district magistrates subject to appeal by either party in the manner provided by law. In the case of any appeal from any such conviction in the manner provided by law for appeals from summary conviction, it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county to represent the interests of the Commonwealth.

(b) Any person who, within two years after a conviction in a summary proceeding as provided in subsection (a), violates the requirements of section 5 or any bluff setback ordinances or regulations, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 for each separate offense or to imprisonment for a period of not more than one year, or both.

(c) Each day of continued violation of any provision of this act or any bluff setback ordinances or regulation shall constitute a separate offense under subsections (a) and (b).