{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-194ZJ",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-194ZJ.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/194ZJ",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "194ZJ",
  "heading": "Abandonment of appeal",
  "text": "An appellant in an appeal under section 194ZB(1) may at any time abandon the appeal by minute to that effect—\n(a) signed by the appellant or the appellant's solicitor,\n(b) lodged with the Clerk of Justiciary, and\n(c) intimated to the respondent or the respondent's solicitor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 10ZA inserted (1.4.2015 for specified purposes, 22.9.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), ss. 119, 138(2); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), sch.; S.S.I. 2015/247, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/194ZJ",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:46.035735+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}