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A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]

The increasing cases of baby dumping which leads to the death of babies attract a lot of attention from the society. Society suggests that the death of the babies caused by their parents should be regarded as murder and the offender should be punished with death sentence. Nevertheless, the current...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Mohd Afiq, Amiruddin, Mohd Amirul Idzuan, Ahmad, Mohd Farhan Aliff, Idrus, Mohd Sofian
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Comparative law. International uniform Law
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36767/1/36767.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36767/
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spelling my.uitm.ir.367672020-11-12T07:58:25Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36767/ A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.] Abdullah, Mohd Afiq Amiruddin, Mohd Amirul Idzuan Ahmad, Mohd Farhan Aliff Idrus, Mohd Sofian Comparative law. International uniform Law The increasing cases of baby dumping which leads to the death of babies attract a lot of attention from the society. Society suggests that the death of the babies caused by their parents should be regarded as murder and the offender should be punished with death sentence. Nevertheless, the current law with regards to killing of a baby by the mother herself is dealt with in Section 309A of the Penal Code which provides the penalty of twenty years of imprisonment provided that the act was done by the mother who was not recovered from the effect of giving birth. Due to the effect of giving birth, the mother would probably suffer from mental disturbance and in consequence she killed her baby. Based on the circumstances mentioned, the mental element on part of the mother is difficult to prove. The question arises as to whether the effect of giving birth affects the mother's ability to think as a normal human being and also the difficulties in determining whether the mother killed her baby under such an effect or not. Thus, this research is done to scrutinize the current law of infanticide under Section 309A of the Penal Code and other relevant sections. 2011-04 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36767/1/36767.pdf Abdullah, Mohd Afiq and Amiruddin, Mohd Amirul Idzuan and Ahmad, Mohd Farhan Aliff and Idrus, Mohd Sofian (2011) A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Comparative law. International uniform Law
spellingShingle Comparative law. International uniform Law
Abdullah, Mohd Afiq
Amiruddin, Mohd Amirul Idzuan
Ahmad, Mohd Farhan Aliff
Idrus, Mohd Sofian
A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]
description The increasing cases of baby dumping which leads to the death of babies attract a lot of attention from the society. Society suggests that the death of the babies caused by their parents should be regarded as murder and the offender should be punished with death sentence. Nevertheless, the current law with regards to killing of a baby by the mother herself is dealt with in Section 309A of the Penal Code which provides the penalty of twenty years of imprisonment provided that the act was done by the mother who was not recovered from the effect of giving birth. Due to the effect of giving birth, the mother would probably suffer from mental disturbance and in consequence she killed her baby. Based on the circumstances mentioned, the mental element on part of the mother is difficult to prove. The question arises as to whether the effect of giving birth affects the mother's ability to think as a normal human being and also the difficulties in determining whether the mother killed her baby under such an effect or not. Thus, this research is done to scrutinize the current law of infanticide under Section 309A of the Penal Code and other relevant sections.
format Student Project
author Abdullah, Mohd Afiq
Amiruddin, Mohd Amirul Idzuan
Ahmad, Mohd Farhan Aliff
Idrus, Mohd Sofian
author_facet Abdullah, Mohd Afiq
Amiruddin, Mohd Amirul Idzuan
Ahmad, Mohd Farhan Aliff
Idrus, Mohd Sofian
author_sort Abdullah, Mohd Afiq
title A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]
title_short A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]
title_full A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]
title_fullStr A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed A legal study on the offence of infanticide in Malaysia / Mohd Afiq Abdullah ... [et al.]
title_sort legal study on the offence of infanticide in malaysia / mohd afiq abdullah ... [et al.]
publishDate 2011
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36767/1/36767.pdf
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