The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]

This research analysed the weaknesses of the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 (Act 676) and to give recommendations with the intention to reform on the weaknesses of the said Act. The first chapter goes into the essence and structure of the research. All the necessary conceptual features are in...

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Main Authors: Khamis, Ameera Mastura, Abd Aziz, Amira, Mohd Isa, Sara Aisha
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32884/
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description This research analysed the weaknesses of the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 (Act 676) and to give recommendations with the intention to reform on the weaknesses of the said Act. The first chapter goes into the essence and structure of the research. All the necessary conceptual features are introduced to ensure the readers to understand about the research. The second chapter focused on the content of Act 676 which was analysed by the researchers entirely. In the third chapter, the researchers pointed out some relevant issues of evidence of a child which consists of general principle of corroboration of child witness, nature of oath and issues and problems associated with child witness. The fourth chapter discussed on the findings based on the interview conducted. Our research concludes with the proposal to amend and reform the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 (Act 676) and some other recommendations to improve the evidence by child witness as well as the law in regards to child witness.
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spelling uitm-328842020-10-27T02:50:46Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32884/ The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.] Khamis, Ameera Mastura Abd Aziz, Amira Mohd Isa, Sara Aisha Victims of crimes. Victimology. Fear of crime Protection, assistance and relief This research analysed the weaknesses of the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 (Act 676) and to give recommendations with the intention to reform on the weaknesses of the said Act. The first chapter goes into the essence and structure of the research. All the necessary conceptual features are introduced to ensure the readers to understand about the research. The second chapter focused on the content of Act 676 which was analysed by the researchers entirely. In the third chapter, the researchers pointed out some relevant issues of evidence of a child which consists of general principle of corroboration of child witness, nature of oath and issues and problems associated with child witness. The fourth chapter discussed on the findings based on the interview conducted. Our research concludes with the proposal to amend and reform the Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 (Act 676) and some other recommendations to improve the evidence by child witness as well as the law in regards to child witness. 2011 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32884/1/32884.pdf Khamis, Ameera Mastura and Abd Aziz, Amira and Mohd Isa, Sara Aisha (2011) The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]. (2011) [Student Project] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Victims of crimes. Victimology. Fear of crime
Protection, assistance and relief
Khamis, Ameera Mastura
Abd Aziz, Amira
Mohd Isa, Sara Aisha
The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]
title The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]
title_full The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]
title_fullStr The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]
title_short The law of child witness in Malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / Ameera Mastura Khamis...[et al.]
title_sort law of child witness in malaysia: a reform proposal of the evidence of child witness act 2007 (act 676) / ameera mastura khamis...[et al.]
topic Victims of crimes. Victimology. Fear of crime
Protection, assistance and relief
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32884/