129.—(1) The provisions of this rule apply to an appellant abandoning his appeal against conviction and proceeding with the appeal against sentence alone under section 442A(2).
(2) An application to abandon under paragraph (1) shall be made by way of minute signed by the appellant or his solicitor and intimated by him to the respondent.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the minute shall be lodged with the clerk of the court which imposed sentence.
(4) If prior to the lodging of the minute the stated case has been lodged with the Clerk of Justiciary, the minute shall be lodged with him and he shall immediately send a copy of the minute to the clerk of the court which imposed sentence.
(5) If prior to the lodging of the minute prints of the stated case and relative proceedings have been lodged with the Clerk of Justiciary, those prints shall be used for the purposes of the hearing of the appeal against sentence.
(6) On the lodging of the minute, the provisions of sections 453B(3) to 453E(1) shall apply to the minute as they apply to a note of appeal.
Sections 453A to 453E were inserted by the 1980 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 13.