(1)The power conferred by section seventy-three of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act, 1908, on the prosecutor in a summary prosecution to consent to a conviction and sentence appealed against being set aside shall be exercisable, where the appeal is by stated case, at any time within ten days after the receipt by the prosecutor of the draft stated case and, where the appeal is by suspension, at any time within ten days after the service on the prosecutor of the bill of suspension.
(2)The limit on the amount of the expenses that may be awarded to an appellant under the said section shall be increased from three guineas to five guineas.