You Will Be Jailed If You Have Sex Outside Marriage -- New Criminal Code Passed By Parliament

 The Indonesia’s parliament, has approved legislation that outlawed premarital sex, with a punishment of a one year jail term.

 The bill which was passed on Tuesday has the new code applying to Indonesians and foreigners in the country.

The new law which also prohibits cohabitation between unmarried couples, was passed with support across all party lines. 

But the new code will not be law until after three years to allow for the implementation of the regulations to be drafted.

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The new Indonesian criminal code replaces a framework that had been in use since independence in 1946 and was a mix of Dutch law, customary law known as hukum adat, and modern Indonesian law.

According to the deputy chief of Indonesia’s tourism industry board, Maulana Yusran, the new code was “totally counter-productive” when the economy and tourism started recovering from the pandemic. “We deeply regret that the government has closed its eyes,” he said.