The object of this project is to set forth the various rights of an accused person in Malaysia now in force at the Pre-Trial, Trial and Appeal Stages, to stress on the defects, to explain on their effect and operation by reference, where necessary to decided cases and, wherever possible, to suggest reforms or amendments to the existing law and practice relating thereto. Research for this project paper was conducted at several Libraries namely Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak at Mara Institute of Technology, The British Council Library, Perpustakaan Penyelidikan Tun Fuan Stephen, Yayasan Sabah, Kota Kinabalu and the Kota Kinabalu State Library. The writer however, does not profess to be an exhaustive catalogue of the rights discussed in the paper, nor, in so far as it does deal with them, does it profess to do so fully. Moreover, in some cases, as for instance the section dealing with the right of Appeal and the Doctrine of Double Jeopardy, it has not been the writer's intention to provide solutions to problems, but to provoke thought and to provide material from which possible solutions to these problems may be arrived at
