Paragraph 13

For section 244 (abandonment of appeal), there shall be substituted the following section—

“ Abandonment of appeal.

244

(1)

An appellant may abandon his appeal by lodging with the Clerk of Justiciary a notice of abandonment in as nearly as may be the form prescribed by Act of Adjournal under this Act; and on such notice being lodged the appeal shall be deemed to have been dismissed by the court.

(2)

A person who has appealed against both conviction and sentence may abandon the, appeal in so far as it is against conviction and may proceed with it against sentence alone.”.