(a) The Municipal Judge shall preside over the Municipal Court. He or she shall be a conservator of the peace within the town, and insofar as any ordinance of the town is concerned, shall have and exercise all such powers and duties in criminal cases as a magistrate may lawfully exercise under the statutes of the state, and he or she shall also be ex-officio a magistrate within the town, and shall, within the town, have and exercise all of the criminal powers and perform all duties fixed by law in a magistrate; except that, he or she shall have no jurisdiction in civil cases; and he or she shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as may be from time to time prescribed or conferred by any law of the state or by ordinance of the town.
(b) The Municipal Judge shall have power to issue warrants upon complaint under oath by any person or officer for the arrest of anyone charged with any offense within the jurisdiction of the court. The Municipal Judge shall hear and determine all cases over which the court has jurisdiction, and within the limits prescribed by ordinance or by general law shall have the power to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both. The Municipal Judge shall have power to summons persons or subpoena witnesses for the trial of any case before him or her, to compel the attendance of police officers of the town, to require the Chief of Police to enforce all judgments or orders entered by him or her in the exercise of his or her powers as Municipal Judge and to issue executions for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him or her. The proceedings for the recovery of fines or for the enforcement of penalties fixed by any ordinance or law shall, so far as applicable, conform to the provisions of the general law governing civil proceedings before a magistrate of the state.