s 56 Summary dismissal of certain matters
56.—(1) The Court of Appeal may summarily dismiss any appeal or application on its own motion if the Court of Appeal is satisfied of any of the following:(a) the Court of Appeal does not have the jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal or application; (b) the Court of Appeal has already decided every issue in the appeal or application in an earlier matter in which the appellant or applicant was involved, and the appeal or application therefore has no merit; (c) such conditions as may be prescribed by the Rules of Court are met.[40/2019] (2) Before summarily dismissing any appeal or application under subsection (1), the Court of Appeal must —(a) give the appellant or applicant a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the appeal or application should not be summarily dismissed; and (b) consider any representations made by the appellant or applicant.[40/2019] (3) The Court of Appeal may exercise its powers under this section without hearing oral arguments.[40/2019] (4) In this section, “appeal” includes part of an appeal and “application” includes part of an application.[40/2019]