# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 13

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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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/schedule/2/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/schedule-2/paragraph-13
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