4:22-29. The action for the penalty prescribed in R.S.4:22-26 shall be brought:

   a.   In the Superior Court; or

   b.   In a municipal court of the municipality wherein the defendant resides or where the offense was committed.

   Amended 1953, c.5, s.66; 1991, c.91, s.176; 2003, c.232, s.5.