How To Deal With Cases Under Section 302 of The Penal Code, 31st March - 1st April 2017

The course 'How to Deal with Cases Under Section 302 of the Penal Code' was held in the Palace of Justice, Putrajaya at 31 March - 1 April 2017 (Friday and Saturday).

A total of 16 participants attended the course, which consists of 7 Judges of the High Court and 9 Judicial Commissioners. Facilitators were facilitating the course is The Right Honourable Tan Sri Ahmad bin Haji Maarop, Chief Judge of the High Court of in Malaya, The Honourable Tan Sri Azahar bin Mohamed, Federal Court Judge and The Honourable Dato 'Setia Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh, Court of Appeal Judge.

The course was divided into two sessions. In the first session, 13 participants have presented discussion topics as defined by the facilitators related to cases under the Penal Code [Act 574] and some provisions of the law applicable such as Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56]. Time given for presentation is 10-minutes followed by a discussion by participants for 15 minutes.

The second session was a discussion of the judgment writing of a criminal trial in connection with the provision of section 302 of the Penal Code provided by the facilitator. Participants were selected to make a recognition to the cases which were discussed for 5 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussion.