Taking down of evidence by handwriting in a criminal proceeding under the Malaysian Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), and the Syariah Criminal Procedure (State of Selangor) enactment 2003: Is it mandatory?

• Main Authors: Kamaruddin, Abdul Rani, Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malayan Law Journal 2005
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/7458/1/K.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/7458/; http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000229588
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The essence of criminal justice is to see that justice is seen to be done or to seek the manifest truth. Once justice has been substantially seen to be done, the question that an accused has been prejudiced or for that matter, the prosecution has been put to disadvantage does not arise. In this resp...