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 * (a) for determining the cases in which the powers of the Divisional Court or Court of Appeal under this Act may be exercised by a judge thereof;
 * (b) for prescribing the persons before whom and the manner in which a recognizance shall be entered into, or other security given, where bail is granted to a person under section four or section five of this Act pending an appeal under section one of this Act from the decision of a Divisional Court or the Court of Appeal, and the manner in which any such recognizance or security may be enforced; and
 * (c) for authorising the recommittal of any person to whom bail is so granted”.

Section twelve For paragraph (b) of subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
 * “(b) where the proceedings are brought under the law for the time being in force in Northern Ireland with respect to the care or custody of, or to the property and affairs of, persons suffering from mental illness or other mental disorder;”.

Section thirteen (1) In subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) to (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—
 * “(a) from an order or decision of any inferior court (including a county court) or of a single judge of the High Court, or of any court having the powers of the High Court or a judge of that Court, to the Court of Appeal;
 * (b) from an order or decision of the Court of Appeal (including a decision of that court on an appeal under this section) and from an order or decision of a Divisional Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal or the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, to the House of Lords.”

(2) For subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
 * “(5) In this section ‘court’ includes any tribunal or person having power to punish for contempt; and references in this section to an order or decision of a court in the exercise of jurisdiction to punish for contempt include references—
 * (a) to an order or decision of the High Court or a county court under any enactment enabling that court to deal with an offence as if it were contempt of court;
 * (b) to an order or decision of a county court under section fifty-seven or section one hundred and forty-one of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland), 1959;
 * (c) to an order or decision of a magistrates’ court under subsection (2) of section thirty-four of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, or under any corresponding enactment for the time being in force in Northern Ireland,

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