Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Appeals - Further provisions - Abandonment

337: Abandonment of appeal by appellant

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"Stopping an appeal: how to withdraw your case"

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If you are appealing a decision, you can stop the appeal at any time by filing a notice in the appeal court. You do this by saying you do not want to continue with the appeal and you are giving up all further proceedings about it. The notice must be signed by you or your lawyer.

You can do this at any time, and it is a way for you to stop the appeal process. When you file the notice, you are telling the court that you do not intend to keep going with the appeal.

The notice is like a formal letter to the court, and it must be authenticated, which means it must be signed by you or your lawyer to show it is real.

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Part 6Appeals
Further provisions: Abandonment

337Abandonment of appeal by appellant

  1. An appellant may, at any time, abandon an appeal by filing in the appeal court a notice advising that he or she—

  2. does not intend further to prosecute the appeal; and
    1. abandons all further proceedings concerning that appeal.
      1. The notice must be authenticated by—

      2. the appellant personally; or
        1. the appellant's lawyer.
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