s 29B Summary dismissal of certain matters
29B.—(1) A District Judge sitting in a Family Court may, on his or her own motion, summarily dismiss any appeal made against a decision of the Registrar relating to civil or quasi-criminal proceedings, if the District Judge is satisfied of any of the following:(a) every issue in the appeal has already been decided by a Family Court or a higher court in an earlier matter in which the appellant was involved, and the appeal therefore has no merit; (b) such conditions as may be prescribed by the Family Justice Rules are met. (2) Before summarily dismissing any appeal under subsection (1), a District Judge sitting in a Family Court must —(a) give the appellant a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the appeal should not be summarily dismissed; and (b) consider any representations of the appellant. (3) In this section, “appeal” includes part of an appeal.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]