A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]

In Malaysia, beggars are governed by the Destitute Persons Act 1977. Nonetheless as the researchers further researched, there are other provisions governing the beggars but however the effectiveness of the provisions is not yet proven. The research conducted has detected several loopholes and weakne...

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Main Authors:	Norani, Lily Umyra, Zambri, Nur Syazana, Abd Halim, Siti Atikah, Nasron, Nur Amirah
Format:	Student Project
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Law 2013
Subjects:	Legal aid. Legal assistance to the poor Malaysia
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28312/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28312/1/28312.pdf

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spelling	uitm-283122020-02-13T09:12:41Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28312/ A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.] Norani, Lily Umyra Zambri, Nur Syazana Abd Halim, Siti Atikah Nasron, Nur Amirah Legal aid. Legal assistance to the poor Malaysia In Malaysia, beggars are governed by the Destitute Persons Act 1977. Nonetheless as the researchers further researched, there are other provisions governing the beggars but however the effectiveness of the provisions is not yet proven. The research conducted has detected several loopholes and weaknesses where the provisions are insufficient in combating the beggars. The research also has taken into account the view from the law enforcers that deal with these beggars on the practicality of the law. The research also has look into other countries such as Singapore, India and Philippines, regarding their law on beggars. The research has come out with a result that these countries have better enforcement and regulation in governing the beggars. It is the intention of the researchers to review the Destitute Persons Act 1977 by suggesting method or ways from other countries, which may help in preventing the problefm of begging. The research has suggested some ways in curbing and also preventing the problem from arisen. Along with that the researchers have suggested an amendment should be made to the Destitute Persons Act 1977. Faculty of Law 2013 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28312/1/28312.pdf Norani, Lily Umyra and Zambri, Nur Syazana and Abd Halim, Siti Atikah and Nasron, Nur Amirah (2013) A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	Legal aid. Legal assistance to the poor Malaysia Norani, Lily Umyra Zambri, Nur Syazana Abd Halim, Siti Atikah Nasron, Nur Amirah A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]
description	In Malaysia, beggars are governed by the Destitute Persons Act 1977. Nonetheless as the researchers further researched, there are other provisions governing the beggars but however the effectiveness of the provisions is not yet proven. The research conducted has detected several loopholes and weaknesses where the provisions are insufficient in combating the beggars. The research also has taken into account the view from the law enforcers that deal with these beggars on the practicality of the law. The research also has look into other countries such as Singapore, India and Philippines, regarding their law on beggars. The research has come out with a result that these countries have better enforcement and regulation in governing the beggars. It is the intention of the researchers to review the Destitute Persons Act 1977 by suggesting method or ways from other countries, which may help in preventing the problefm of begging. The research has suggested some ways in curbing and also preventing the problem from arisen. Along with that the researchers have suggested an amendment should be made to the Destitute Persons Act 1977.
format	Student Project
author	Norani, Lily Umyra Zambri, Nur Syazana Abd Halim, Siti Atikah Nasron, Nur Amirah
author_facet	Norani, Lily Umyra Zambri, Nur Syazana Abd Halim, Siti Atikah Nasron, Nur Amirah
author_sort	Norani, Lily Umyra
title	A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]
title_short	A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]
title_full	A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]
title_fullStr	A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed	A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]
title_sort	review on the destitute persons act 1977 on beggars / lily umyra norani ... [et al.]
publisher	Faculty of Law
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A review on the Destitute Persons Act 1977 on beggars / Lily Umyra Norani ... [et al.]

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