s 157 Groundless appeals and applications for leave to appeal.
The following section shall be substituted for section 20 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968— Disposal of groundless appeal or application for leave to appeal. (20) If it appears to the registrar that a notice of appeal or application for leave to appeal does not show any substantial ground of appeal, he may refer the appeal or application for leave to the Court for summary determination; and where the case is so referred the Court may, if they consider that the appeal or application for leave is frivolous or vexatious, and can be determined without adjourning it for a full hearing, dismiss the appeal or application for leave summarily, without calling on anyone to attend the hearing or to appear for the Crown thereon.