Part 9Procedure
163Vexatious proceedings
The District Court or the Family Court may dismiss any proceedings before it under this Act if it is satisfied that they are frivolous or vexatious or an abuse of the procedure of the court.
The District Court or the Family Court may, if it is satisfied that a person has persistently instituted vexatious proceedings under this Act or any former Act (whether against the same person or against different persons), after giving the first-mentioned person an opportunity of being heard, order that no proceedings under this Act, or no such proceedings of any specified kind or against any specified person, shall be commenced by the first-mentioned person without the leave of the court.
Notes
- Section 163(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
- Section 163(2): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).


