High Court Ordinance

(1)
The Court of First Instance may, on the application of the Secretary for Justice or an affected person, make an order
that—
(a)
no legal proceedings shall without the leave of the Court of First Instance be instituted by the person against whom the order is made; and
(b)
any legal proceedings instituted by that person in any court before the making of the order shall not be continued by him without the leave of the Court of First Instance.
(2)
The Court of First Instance may not make an order under subsection (1)
unless—
(a)
it is satisfied that the person against whom the order is to be made has habitually and persistently and without any reasonable ground instituted vexatious legal proceedings, whether in the High Court or in any inferior court, and whether against the same person or against different persons; and
(b)
it has heard the person against whom the order is to be made or given him an opportunity of being heard.
(3)
An order made under subsection (1
)—
(a)
may be made on such terms and conditions as the Court of First Instance thinks just; and
(b)
may provide that it is to cease to have effect at the end of a specified period, but shall otherwise remain in force indefinitely.
(4)
A copy of an order made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.
(5)
In subsection (1),
affected
                        person
(
受影響的人
) means a person
who—
(a)
is or has been a party to any of the vexatious legal proceedings; or
(b)
has directly suffered adverse consequences resulting from such proceedings.