In section 7(3) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (power of magistrates to grant bail to a person committed in custody to await trial), for the words "the first sitting of the court before which he is to be tried ", there shall be substituted the words " his first appearance before the Crown Court ".
In section 114(1) of the said Act of 1952 for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—
“(a)in the first place in payment of any compensation adjudged by the conviction to be paid to any person ;
(b)in the second place in payment of any costs so adjudged to be paid to the prosecutor ;”.