Justices Act 1959
50DVexatious litigants
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50D Vexatious litigants
[Section 50D Inserted by No. 65 of 1994, s. 4 ]
(1) Where a person is declared to be a vexatious litigant under an order in force under section 194G of the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 , that person may not, without the leave of the Chief Magistrate or the Deputy Chief Magistrate, institute any proceedings in a court of summary jurisdiction.
(2) If proceedings are pending in a court of summary jurisdiction when an order is made as mentioned in subsection (1) , those proceedings are taken to be stayed unless leave is given as mentioned in that subsection.
(3) Where proceedings pending in a court of summary jurisdiction are taken to be stayed and the person declared to be a vexatious litigant has not applied for, or has not been granted, leave to proceed in those proceedings, any other party to those proceedings may apply to a magistrate for an order for the costs incurred by that party in those proceedings.