54.—The jurisdiction formerly exercisable by justices of the peace to make an order binding a person to the peace or to good behaviour or to both the peace and good behaviour and requiring him to enter into a recognizance in that behalf may be exercised by—

(a) a judge of the Supreme CourtF93[, the Court of Appeal] or the High Court, or

(b) a judge of the Circuit Court within the circuit to which he is for the time being assigned, or

(c) a justice of the District Court within the district to which he is for the time being assigned.