A legal analysis on the punishment for death by negligence under the penal code in Malaysia / Sharifa Nurliliyana Abd Karim, Afzan Hanim Md Zahary and Arnie Azreen Che Arifin

• Main Authors: Abd Karim, Sharifa Nurliliyana, Md Zahary, Afzan Hanim, Che Arifin, Arnie Azreen
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Law 2012
• Subjects: Negligence
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28211/1/28211.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28211/

Under Section 304A of Malaysia Penal Code it deals with the offence of causing death by negligence. Under this section, the amount of punishment provided is imprisonment of 2 years or fine or both. The problem with the available punishment is that, it is inadequate because the offence deals with the...