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PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF PUNISHMENTS FOR FOREST OFFENCES

Authors :
Rokiah Kadir
Muhammad Nur Haniff Mohd Noor
Suriyani Muhamad
Source :
UUM Journal of Legal Studies (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
UUM Press, 2021.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine if the law currently in force is ineffective and thus contributes to the occurrence of forest offences. The paper analyses the punishments under the National Forestry Act 1984 based on the perceptions of related stakeholders on the effectiveness of those punishments in addressing illegal logging and other forest offences. A questionnaire was utilized to obtain responses from 240 purposively selected stakeholders. The collected data were analysed in the context of measures of central tendency to identify the extent to which the respondents agreed with the stated items. The results demonstrate that the law was generally perceived to be acceptable. The findings also identified compensation payment based on the value of tree or wood as themost significant item, while longer imprisonment term was rated as the least significant item.

Subjects

Subjects :
Law

Details

Language :
English, Malay
ISSN :
01279483 and 2229984X
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
UUM Journal of Legal Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.253cc18be1344fdca30185b64698d48e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.32890/uumjls2021.12.2.3