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Representation the People Act 1949 12. In section 149(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1949 (bail by election court ordering trial before magistrates’ court of offences disclosed on an election petition) for the words “cause him to give bail” there shall be substituted the words “grant him bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976 subject to a duty”. Diseases of Animals Act 1950 13. In section 71(4) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 (application of enactments about release on bail by police) for the words “recognizances taken” there shall be substituted the word “bail”. Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 14. In section 7 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 (discharge or committal for trial) (in this Schedule referred to as “the Act of 1952”) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
 * “(2) Subject to section 4 of the Bail Act 1976 and section 8 of this Act, the court may commit a person for trial—
 * (a) in custody, that is to say, by committing him to custody there to be safely kept until delivered in due course of law, or
 * (b) on bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976, that is to say, by directing him to appear before the Crown Court for trial;
 * and where his release on bail is conditional on his providing one or more surety or sureties and, in accordance with section 8(3) of the Bail Act 1976, the court fixes the amount in which the surety is to be bound with a view to his entering into his recognizance subsequently in accordance with subsections (4) and (5) or (6) of that section the court shall in the meantime commit the accused to custody in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection.”.

15. In section 7(3) of the Act of 1952 (bail after committal for trial), for the words from “release” to the end, there shall be substituted the words “grant him bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976 subject to a duty to appear before the Crown Court for trial.”

16. In section 8 of the Act of 1952 (bail in treason) for the words “admitted to” there shall be substituted the word “granted”.

17. In section 26 of the Act of 1952 (remand for medical examination), for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following—
 * “(3) Where on an adjournment under subsection (1) above the accused is remanded on bail, the court shall impose conditions under paragraph (d) of section 3(6) of the Bail Act 1976 and the requirements imposed as conditions under that paragraph shall be or shall include requirements that the accused—“
 * (a) undergo medical examination by a duly qualified medical practitioner or, where the inquiry is into his mental condition and the court so directs, two such practitioners; and