Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950

Effective enforcement of environmental legislation is the key to ensure successful environmental protection and pollution control. For cases brought under the Environmental Quality Act 1974, the decision of criminal case tried is derived from the application of the law of evidence, specifically the...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Pauzi, Jinan, Ariffin, Mariani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
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description Effective enforcement of environmental legislation is the key to ensure successful environmental protection and pollution control. For cases brought under the Environmental Quality Act 1974, the decision of criminal case tried is derived from the application of the law of evidence, specifically the Evidence Act 1950. In environmental forensics, chemical fingerprinting is one of the tools used to help identify sources of pollution and may form a defensible piece of evidence for prosecutors. The objective of this paper is to examine the position of chemical fingerprint evidence under Section 45 of the Evidence Act 1950. This research can provide an introductory guideline that can be of use to environmental law enforcers, forensic experts and other relevant stakeholders
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spelling upm-429842016-05-03T06:35:42Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42984/ Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950 Mohamad Pauzi, Jinan Ariffin, Mariani Effective enforcement of environmental legislation is the key to ensure successful environmental protection and pollution control. For cases brought under the Environmental Quality Act 1974, the decision of criminal case tried is derived from the application of the law of evidence, specifically the Evidence Act 1950. In environmental forensics, chemical fingerprinting is one of the tools used to help identify sources of pollution and may form a defensible piece of evidence for prosecutors. The objective of this paper is to examine the position of chemical fingerprint evidence under Section 45 of the Evidence Act 1950. This research can provide an introductory guideline that can be of use to environmental law enforcers, forensic experts and other relevant stakeholders Elsevier 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42984/1/1-s2.0-S1878029615006568-main.pdf Mohamad Pauzi, Jinan and Ariffin, Mariani (2015) Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 30. pp. 349-353. ISSN 1878-0296 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878029615006568 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.10.062
spellingShingle Mohamad Pauzi, Jinan
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Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950
title Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950
title_full Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950
title_fullStr Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950
title_full_unstemmed Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950
title_short Legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of Malaysia's evidence act 1950
title_sort legal status of chemical fingerprints under section 45 of malaysia's evidence act 1950
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