PART I

Solemn Procedure

Appeal

Procedure prior to hearing

Abandonment of appeal
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An appellant or applicant, at any time after he has lodged such a note as is referred to in section 233(1) of this Act, may abandon his appeal or application by lodging with the Clerk of Justiciary notice of abandonment thereof, which shall be in the form set out in an Act of Adjournal under the Criminal Appeal (Scotland) Act 1926 or under this Act or as nearly as may be in such form, and on such notice being lodged the appeal or application shall be deemed to have been dismissed by the court.