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Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · General Division of High Court

22B. Summary dismissal of certain appeals

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2021.

(1)

The General Division may, on its own motion, summarily dismiss any appeal to the General Division in the exercise of its appellate civil jurisdiction, if it is satisfied of any of the following:

(a)

it does not have the jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal;

(b)

every issue in the appeal has already been decided by the General Division, the Appellate Division or the Court of Appeal in an earlier matter in which the appellant was involved, and the appeal therefore has no merit;

(c)

such conditions as may be prescribed by the Rules of Court or the Family Justice Rules are met.

(2)

Before summarily dismissing any appeal under subsection (1), the General Division must —

(a)

give the appellant a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the appeal should not be summarily dismissed; and

(b)

consider any representations made by the appellant.

(3)

In this section, “appeal” includes part of an appeal.