PART VIIIS Appeals from Solemn Proceedings

116 Abandonment of appeal.S

(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; and on such notice being lodged the appeal shall be deemed to have been dismissed by the court.

[F1(2)A person who has appealed under section 116(1)(dc) or (f) of this Act may abandon the appeal in so far as it is against conviction, reference or sentence, decision, disposal or order and may proceed with it against—

(a)both reference and sentence, decision, disposal or order; or

(b)reference alone; or, as the case may be

(c)sentence, decision, disposal or order alone.]