Malaysia legislation

Section 2

of EVIDENCE OF CHILD WITNESS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2023

Section 2

The Evidence of Child Witness Act 2007 [Act 676], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2—

(a)

by inserting after the definition of “police officer”

the following definition:

‘ “special hearing” means a special hearing conducted by the Court, in which evidence of examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination of a child witness are pre-recorded;’; and

(b)

in the definition of “child witness”, by substituting for the words “sixteen years” the words “eighteen years”.

Amendment of section 3

Section 2 — AKTA KETERANGAN SAKSI KANAK-KANAK (PINDAAN) 2023