Vexatious Actions Act
In forceVexatious Actions Law Section 1
VEXATIOUS ACTIONS LAW (1998 Revision)
#1. Short title
#1. This Law may be cited as the Vexatious Actions Law (1998 Revision).
#2. Power to prohibit institution of action without leave
#2. If, on an application made by the Clerk of the Court under this section, the Chief
Justice of the Grand Court is satisfied that any person has habitually, persistently and without any reasonable ground instituted vexatious legal proceedings, whether in the Grand Court or in any inferior court, and whether against the same person or against different persons, the Chief Justice may, after hearing that person or giving him an opportunity of being heard, order that no legal proceedings shall, without the leave of the Grand Court, be instituted by him in any court, and such leave shall not be given unless the Chief Justice is satisfied that the proceedings are not an abuse of the process of the court and that there is a prima facie ground for the proceedings.
Section 2 Vexatious Actions Law
Publication in revised form authorised by the Governor in Council this 27th day of January, 1998.
Carmena H. Parsons Clerk of Executive Council