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 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.