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1979 No. 140 FEDERAL COURT RULES - RULE 21.1

Vexatious litigant
1. Upon the application of-

   (a)  the Attorney-General or Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth or of a
        State;

   (b)  the Crown Solicitor of the Commonwealth or of a State; or

   (c)  the Registrar of the Court, where any person (in this rule called the
        vexatious litigant) habitually and persistently and without any
        reasonable ground institutes a vexatious proceeding in the Court, and
        whether against the same person or against different persons, the
        Court may order that the vexatious litigant shall not, without leave
        of the Court, institute any proceeding in the Court and that any
        proceeding instituted by the vexatious litigant in the Court before
        the making of the order shall not be continued by him without leave of
        the Court.



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