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'''Law of Indonesia''' is based on a [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] system, intermixed with local customary law and [[Law of the Netherlands|Dutch law]]. Before European presence and colonization began in the sixteenth century, indigenous kingdoms ruled the archipelago independently with their own custom laws, known as {{lang|id|[[adat]]}} (unwritten, traditional rules still observed in the Indonesian society).<ref name=":2">{{cite act|type=Law|index=19|date=1964|title=Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 19 Tahun 1964 Tentang Ketentuan-Ketentuan Pokok Kekuasaan Kehakiman
|url=https://www.regulasip.id/book/10875/read|language=id|article=1|article-type=Article}}</ref> Foreign influences from India, China and the Middle East have not only affected culture, but also the customary {{lang|id|adat}} laws. The people of [[Aceh]] in [[Sumatra]], for instance, observe their own [[sharia]] law, while ethnic groups like the [[Toraja]] in [[Sulawesi]] still follow their [[animism|animistic]] customary law.

Dutch presence and subsequent colonization of Indonesia for over three centuries has left a legacy of Dutch colonial law, largely in the Indonesian [[Civil Code of Indonesia|civil code]] and [[Indonesian Criminal Code|criminal code]].  Following independence in 1945, Indonesia began to form its own modern Indonesian law, modifying existing precepts. Dutch legal decisions maintain some authority in Indonesia through application of the concordance principle. The three components of {{lang|id|adat}}, or customary law; Dutch law; and modern Indonesian law co-exist in the current law of Indonesia.

==Hierarchy of legislations==
Indonesian legislation comes in different forms. The following official hierarchy of Indonesian legislations (from top to bottom) is enumerated in Article 7 of Law No. 12/2011:<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=12|year=2011|title=Undang-Undang nomor 12 tahun 2011 tentang Pembentukan Peraturan Perundang-Undangan|url=http://www.flevin.com/id/lgso/translations/JICA%20Mirror/english/4778_UU_12_2011_e.html|trans-title=Act No 12 of 2011, Law Concerning Making Rules"}}</ref>

# [[Constitution of Indonesia|The 1945 Constitution]] ({{lang|id|Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945}} or '''UUD 1945''');
# [[Resolutions of the People's Consultative Assembly]] ({{lang|id|Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat}} or '''Tap MPR''');
# Acts ({{lang|id|Undang-Undang}} or '''UU''', also translated as Laws) and Government Regulations in-lieu-of Acts ({{lang|id|Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang}} or '''Perppu''');
# Government regulations ({{lang|id|Peraturan Pemerintah}} or '''PP''');
# Presidential regulations ({{lang|id|Peraturan Presiden}} or '''Perpres''');
# Provincial ordinances ({{lang|id|Peraturan Daerah Provinsi}} or '''Perda Provinsi'''); and
# City ordinances ({{lang|id|Peraturan Daerah Kota}} or '''Perda Kota''') and Regency ordinances ({{lang|id|Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten}} or '''Perda Kabupaten''').
In practice, there are also presidential decrees ({{lang|id|Keputusan Presiden}} or Keppres), presidential instructions ({{lang|id|Instruksi Presiden}} or Inpres), ministerial regulations ({{lang|id|Peraturan Menteri}} or Permen)'','' ministerial decrees ({{lang|id|Keputusan Menteri}} or Kepmen) and circulars ({{lang|id|Surat Edaran}} or SE)'','' all of which are legally binding and sometimes in conflict with each other.

Once a legislation is promulgated, a [[Indonesian State Gazette|State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia]] ({{lang|id|Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia}}) is issued by [[Ministry of State Secretariat (Indonesia)|State Secretariat]]. Sometimes elucidation of the legislation ({{lang|id|Penjelasan}}) or attached documents like charts accompany the main legislation in a State Gazette Supplement ({{lang|id|Tambahan Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia}}). The [[Government of Indonesia|Government]] also produces State Reports ({{lang|id|Berita Negara}}, {{lit|State News}}) to publish government and public notices as well as other ministerial regulations and decrees.

===The 1945 Constitution===
{{further|Constitution of Indonesia}}
'''The 1945 Constitution''' is the highest legal instrument in Indonesia, to which the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government must defer. The constitution was written in July and August 1945, when Indonesia was emerging from Japanese occupation toward the end of [[World War II]]. It was replaced by the [[Federal Constitution of 1949|1949 Federal Constitution]] and the [[Provisional Constitution of 1950|1950 Provisional Constitution]], but was restored after [[President Sukarno's 1959 Decree|President Sukarno decreed its reintroduction as the Constitution of Indonesia]] on 5 July 1959. However, [[Guided Democracy in Indonesia|constitutional deviations grew rapidly during Sukarno Administration]].

The [[New Order (Indonesia)|32 years of Suharto Administration]] ended any practice of constitutional deviations exercised under Sukarno (i.e. empowering Sukarno to rule as President-for-Life, as well as allowing the president to appoint or dismiss members of the legislature at will). However, the constitution would never been amended either. In contrast to Sukarno's volatile administration, Suharto refused to countenance any changes to the constitution and the [[People's Consultative Assembly]] ({{lang|id|Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat}}) passed a resolution in 1985 requiring a national referendum for any constitutional amendments.

After the [[Reformasi (Indonesia)|Suharto's fall in 1998]], the MPR amended the constitution four times between 1999 and 2002. Important amendments include a direct presidential election by the people, as well as limiting presidential term of office to only two-term five years each; The previous clauses in the Constitution of which had made it possible for Suharto's administration to stay in power for more than five terms. After the final amendment in 2002, the [[People's Representative Council]] ({{lang|id|Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat}} or '''DPR''', the lower house) gained more power of oversight over the executive branch, the [[Regional Representatives Council]] ({{lang|id|Dewan Perwakilan Daerah}} or '''DPD''', the upper house) was established, regional government and regional autonomy was recognized, and an expanded section about [[civil right|civil and human right]]s among other changes.

As of the fourth amendment in 2002, the constitution consists of 26 chapters and 37 articles.<ref name=":3">{{cite wikisource |title=The 1945 Constitution of The Republic of Indonesia |wslink=Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia}}</ref>

=== Resolutions of the People's Consultative Assembly ===
{{Main|Resolutions of the People's Consultative Assembly}}
'''Resolution of the People's Consultative Assembly''' ({{lang|id|Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat}}) or '''Tap MPR''' in short is issued by the [[People's Consultative Assembly]] ({{Lang|id|Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat}}, or '''MPR''', the bicameral legislature of Indonesia), with legal binding power directly below the Constitution. Under the original, unamended 1945 Constitution, MPR is the highest state institution in Indonesia, with the sole power to exercise popular sovereignty, amend the Constitution, vote and elect the president, and enact a Broad Guidelines of State Policy ({{lang|id|Garis-Garis Besar Haluan Negara}}). Thus, Tap MPR (despite not directly mentioned as a power of the MPR) is used to guide national and government policy, and its use was promoted during Suharto administration.

After the fall of Suharto from power, MPR amended the constitution, and ceased to issue any further Resolutions. In a final Tap MPR enacted in 2003, MPR confirmed the binding power of some Resolutions (such as the Resolution to ban the Marxist–Leninist ideology) and declared the rest as completely or partially devoid of legal powers.<ref>{{cite act|type=Resolutions of the People's Consultative Assembly|index=I|year=2003|title=Ketetapan MPR tentang Peninjauan Terhadap Materi dan Status Hukum Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara dan Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia Tahun 1960 sampai dengan 2002|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/95809/tap-mpr-no-i|access-date=2021-12-22|language=id}}</ref> Previously in 2000, MPR included the Resolutions in the official hierarchy of Indonesian legislations, but removed it in a 2004 Legislation Act.<ref>{{cite act|type=Resolutions of the People's Consultative Assembly|legislature=[[People's Consultative Assembly]]|year=2000|index=III|title=Sumber Hukum Dan Tata Urutan Peraturan Perundang-undangan|url=https://peraturan.go.id/peraturan/view.html?id=11e4583451d01d449278303433373236|language=id}}</ref><ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=10|date=2004|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 10 Tahun 2004 tentang Pembentukan Peraturan Perundang-Undangan|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/40503/uu-no-10-tahun-2004|language=id}}</ref> Finally in 2011 an amended Legislation Act was enacted, reintroducing the Tap MPR into the official hierarchy of Indonesian legislations, but not confirming MPR power to issue further resolutions.<ref name=":0">{{cite act|type=Law|index=12|date=2011|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 12 Tahun 2011 tentang Pembentukan Peraturan Perundang-Undangan|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/39188/uu-no-12-tahun-2011|language=id}}</ref>

===Acts and government regulations in-lieu-of acts===
'''Acts''' or laws ({{lang|id|Undang-Undang}} or '''UU''') can only be enacted by the DPR with the president's assent.<ref>Article 20(1), the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia.</ref> The [[President of Indonesia|president]], DPR, and DPD can propose a [[Bill (proposed law)|bill of law]] ({{lang|id|Rancangan Undang-Undang}} or '''RUU''') to be deliberated by the DPR.<ref>Article 5(1), the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia.</ref> During the process of drafting and deliberating a bill, DPR forms a small task group to discuss the proposed legislation with the relevant government institutions and various stakeholders.<ref>Article 20(2), the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia.</ref> When agreement has been reached and the DPR has approved the bill, the president signs the bill and it is enshrined into law as an act.<ref>Article 20(4), the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia.</ref> However, if the president refuses to sign the bill approved by DPR, the bill will automatically be enacted within thirty days and is promulgated.<ref>Article 20(5), the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia.</ref> When agreement cannot be reached within DPR to enact a bill into law, the bill may not be proposed again during the current DPR session.<ref>Article 20(3), the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia.</ref>

The president are also authorized to promulgate a '''Government Regulations in-lieu-of Acts''' ({{lang|id|Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang}} or '''Perppu''' in short) by the Constitution. There are several reason why the president might issue a Perppu:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ini Tiga Dasar dikeluarkannya Perppu {{!}} Indonesia Baik|url=https://indonesiabaik.id/infografis/ini-tiga-dasar-dikeluarkannya-perppu|access-date=2021-12-22|website=indonesiabaik.id}}</ref>

* An emergency situation has arisen, in which an act (or revision of an act) is required, but deliberation process in the DPR may take too long;
* A legal vacuum has happened or legal loopholes has been discovered due to lack of sufficient Acts regarding the subject;
* Certain matters is not sufficiently covered under existing Acts.

However, after promulgation by the president, Perppu must be submitted to DPR for approval during the immediate DPR session (regular or extraordinary). If approved, Perppu will be enacted into an act. If not approved, said Perppu will be devoid of any legal power, and the president must submit a bill to repeal the Perppu. But during the time period between promulgation by the president and approval by DPR, Perppu is still a legally binding legislation with the same power as a proper Act.

=== Government regulations ===
'''Government regulations''' ({{lang|id|Peraturan Pemerintah}} or '''PP''') are issued by the president in the name of the Government to execute an act into proper government policies and regulations.

=== Presidential regulations ===
'''Presidential regulations''' ({{lang|id|Peraturan Presiden}} or '''Perpres''') are issued by the president to execute an act and its government regulation into sets of a more flexible and matter-specific policies and regulations, usually to be further executed by relevant institutions, ministries, and agency.

=== Provincial, city, and regency ordinances ===
{{Further|Regional regulation (Indonesia)}}{{Further|Subdivisions of Indonesia}}
Under current Indonesian administrative subdivisions, Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces ({{lang|id|Provinsi}}) headed by a governor ({{Lang|id|Gubernur}}). Each provinces is then subdivided into the urban cities ({{lang|id|Kota}}) headed by a mayor ({{Lang|id|Walikota}}), and the rural regencies ({{lang|id|Kabupaten}}) headed by a regent ({{Lang|id|Bupati}}). Each of the provinces, cities, and regencies also have their own legislatures, called the Regional People's Representative Council ({{lang|id|Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah}} or '''DPRD'''). There are further administrative subdivisions below the cities and regencies, but they do not issue legislations. Several regions may use different nomenclatures for their subdivisions, but are principally still the same.<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=23|date=2014|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 2014 tentang Pemerintahan Daerah|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/38685/uu-no-23-tahun-2014|language=id}}</ref>

Ordinances or regional regulations ({{lang|id|Peraturan Daerah}} or '''Perda''') are sets of legislations issued by the regional government applicable under their respective jurisdictions: provincial ordinances ({{lang|id|Peraturan Daerah Provinsi}} or '''Perda Provinsi''') issued by the Provincial DPRD, city ordinances ({{lang|id|Peraturan Daerah Kota}} or '''Perda Kota''') issued by the city DPRD, and regency ordinances ({{lang|id|Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten}} or '''Perda Kabupaten''') issued by the regency DPRD. The provincial ordinances is higher in rank than the city and regency ordinances, though sometimes legislations passed on the national level allowed them to be directly executed with city and regency ordinances, bypassing the issuance of provincial ordinances.

The ordinances regulated specific matters pertaining regional autonomy, facilitation of local situations, and executions of legislations of higher level than the ordinances.<ref name=":0" /> The governors, mayors, and regents may issue their own regulations, decrees, and instructions to further execute and specified matters of the ordinances into applicable policies.

Similarly with the case in national-level Acts lawmaking procedures, the DPRDs and the regional heads of government can propose bills of law to be deliberated in the DPRD. If an agreement has been reached, the regional heads of government will sign the bill into an ordinance, then the bill will automatically enacted into an ordinance within thirty days.

== Sources of laws ==

=== Written laws ===
As Indonesia is considered to prescribe to [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] system, the legal system is heavily reliant on [[statutory law]]s. Generally, all legislations explicitly mentioned in the official hierarchy of Indonesian laws (the hierarchy of legislations mentioned above) is legally binding and applicable as a source of law. Other legally binding legislations not included in the official hierarchy may be mentioned in the attached elucidation of the 2011 Lawmaking Act. Treaties ratified into an act also serve as a source of law.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tunardy|first1=Wibowo T.|last2=S.H.|last3=M.Kn.|date=2020-10-20|title=Sumber Hukum Materiil dan Sumber Hukum Formil|url=https://www.jurnalhukum.com/sumber-sumber-hukum/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Jurnal Hukum|language=en-US}}</ref>

Under Article 2 of the transitory provisions in the Constitution, all legislations and institutions made under Dutch colonial law will remain in place and in force, until new legislations and institutions are made to replace them. Legislations such as the ''[[Wet Algemene Bepalingen|Algemene Bepalingen]]'' are still in force (albeit with articles repealed with new legislations), and institutions such as the civil registry still operates to this day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=M.H|first=Diana Kusumasari, S. H.|title=Tentang RV, HIR, RBG, AB dan Keberlakuan Perpres No. 68/2005 - Klinik Hukumonline|url=https://hukumonline.com/klinik/detail/ulasan/lt4f2f2e1966dac/tentang-rv-hir-rbg-ab-dan-keberlakuan-perpres-no-68-2005|access-date=2021-12-23|website=hukumonline.com|date=7 July 2018 |language=id}}</ref>

=== Unwritten laws ===
The term "Unwritten Laws" refers to laws not promulgated through official authority. There are concerns that Indonesian legal system grew increasingly positivist and overregulated, pushing the unwritten laws to irrelevance.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mahardika|first=Ahmad Gelora|date=April 2019|title=Constitutional Convention in Indonesian National Law System After the Reformation|url=https://rechtsvinding.bphn.go.id/artikel/4.%20Ahmad%20Gelora.pdf|journal=Jurnal Rechtsvinding|volume=8}}</ref>

==== Conventions ====
Conventions or customary norms are rules that was followed by official authority and considered an applicable law, even though it was not enacted through any official means. These conventions are usually rules which are conducted and abided by society in a similar situation, all while a legal belief must exist that said rules are binding as law (''[[Opinio juris sive necessitatis]]'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPDATE: The Indonesian Legal System and Legal Research - GlobaLex|url=https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Indonesia1.html#_Sources_of_Law|access-date=2021-12-22|website=www.nyulawglobal.org}}</ref>

In Indonesia, a sets of constitutional conventions ({{lang|id|Konvensi Ketatanegaraan}}) existed and observed by academics and lawmakers. Most of the conventions are now set into law as statutes.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://rechtsvinding.bphn.go.id/artikel/4.%20Ahmad%20Gelora.pdf|title=Konvensi Ketatanegaraan Dalam Sistem Hukum Nasional Di Indonesia Pasca Era Reformasi|trans-title=Constitutional Convention In Indonesia National Law System After The Reformation|journal=Rechtsvinding|volume=8|issue=1|year=2019|issn=2089-9009|language=id}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Examples of observed constitutional conventions in Indonesia 
!# 
!Conventions
!Current status
!Notes
|-
|1
|Annual flag ceremony observed during the Indonesian independence day on 17 August 
|Formalized into Act
|Act No. 24/2009 on Flags, Language, National Symbols, and Anthems
Act No. 9/2010 on Protocols
|-
|2
|Annual Presidential Address to the MPR on 16 August
|Formalized into Act
|Act No. 17/2014 on the Legislatures, last amended with Act No. 13/2019
|-
|3
|Presidential appointment of Constitutional Judges
|Formalized into Act
|Act No. 24/2003 on Constitutional Court, last amended with Act No.7/2020
|-
|4
|Hanging official pictures of the president and the vice president in government offices
|Formalized into Act
|Act No. 24/2009 on Flags, Language, National Symbols, and Anthems
|-
|5
|Sole presidential power to grant pardon, rehabilitation, amnesty, and abolition
|Constitutional amendment to include formal opinions from DPR and MA prior to granting the powers
|Article 14 of the Constitution after amendment
|-
|6
|Hundred Days program by the government
|Not Formalized
|
|-
|7
|President's decision not to inaugurate an incumbent Attorney General
|Formalized into Act, incumbent Attorney General (and all other incumbent officials) must be re-inaugurated after completing their previous term
|Act No. 16/2004 on Public Prosecution Service
|-
|8
|Presidential Address to introduce the draft for National Budget to the DPR  
|Not Formalized
|
|-
|9
|MPR voting and decision-making mechanisms
|Not Formalized, MPR no longer have any decision-making powers except on presidential removal from power
|
|-
|10
|Vice-presidential authority relating to authorities delegated from the president
|Not Formalized
|
|-
|11
|Rules on the limits of president's delegation of authority to the vice president
|Not Formalized
|
|}

==== ''Adat'' laws ====
[[Adat|''Adat laws'']] are a set of written, traditional rules still observed in Indonesian society. It usually involves sets of laws, code of conducts, and dispute resolution mechanisms. Instead on relying on written codes, the observance and enforcement of {{lang|id|adat}} laws involve elder member of the society as well as their collective will and awareness.<ref>{{cite journal|language=id|url=https://jurnal.hukumonline.com/a/5cb4957901fb730011dd307f/kedudukan-hukum-adat-dalam-sistem-hukum|title=Kedudukan Hukum Adat dalam Sistem Hukum|journal=Kanun: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum|issue=1|volume=12|year=2010|issn=2527-8428|first=Mahdi|last=Syahbandir}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Priambodo|first=Bono Budi|title=Positioning Adat Law in the Indonesia's Legal System: Historical Discourse and Current Development on Customary Law|journal=Udayana Journal of Law and Culture|volume=2|issue=2|year=2018|pages=140–164|doi=10.24843/UJLC.2018.v02.i02.p02 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

No single, unified {{lang|id|adat}} laws apply for the whole Indonesian society; Every ethnic groups have their own sets of {{lang|id|adat}} laws.

It is similar to how conventions work, with the addition of an evolutionary characteristic of {{lang|id|adat}} laws. For example, {{lang|id|adat}} laws observed in [[Minangkabau people|Minang society]] of west Sumatran highlands initially ascribed toward worship of ancestors, as well as Hindu-Buddhist faith. After Islam was adopted as an integral faith within the Minang people, Islamic values began to be inserted into the {{lang|id|adat}} laws of Minang people, without completely abolishing the existing values.

==== Principles of Sharia Law ====
[[Sharia]] Law as a whole is not considered to be part of Indonesian unwritten laws. However, a deep influence of Islam existed on how to approach Indonesian laws, and aspects of Sharia Law is applicable on certain aspects of Indonesian Muslims' livelihood. Initial major presence of Islam in Indonesian laws existed in the form of marriage and inheritance laws for Muslims. Its rules is directly applied in the Religious Court, and currently an official compilation of applicable marriage and inheritance laws existed and later adopted as a statute, in the form of Presidential Instruction No. 1/1991 on the Introduction of Islamic Law Compilation.<ref>{{cite act|url=https://www.hukumonline.com/pusatdata/detail/13200/instruksi-presiden-nomor-1-tahun-1991/document|type=Presidential Instructions|index=1|year=1991|title=Instruksi Presiden Nomor 1 Tahun 1991 Penyebarluasan Kompilasi Hukum Islam|language=id}}</ref>

Later, a 2006 amendment for the 1989 Religious Court Act expanded the religious courts' authority to include hearing cases of Sharia economy disputes.<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=3|date=2006|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 3 Tahun 2006 tentang Perubahan atas Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 1989 tentang Peradilan Agama|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/40154/uu-no-3-tahun-2006|language=id}}</ref> Another one, a 1998 amendment for the 1992 Banking Act also distinguished conventional banking from Sharia banking.<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=10|date=1998|title=Undang-undang Nomor 9 Tahun 1998 tentang Perubahan atas Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 1992 tentang Perbankan|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/45486/uu-no-10-tahun-1998|language=id}}</ref>

A major change happen under the Act of Aceh Governance No. 11/2006, which acknowledged Aceh's special status within Indonesia.<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=11|date=2006|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2006 tentang Pemerintahan Aceh|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/40174/uu-no-11-tahun-2006|language=id}}</ref> The Act allows for the widespread application of Sharia laws in the local governance of Aceh, includes education, economy, and judicial system. A special nomenclature of Ordinance, the ''[[Qanun (law)|Qanun]]'', is used for Aceh legislations. Sharia criminal law is [[Islamic criminal law in Aceh|applicable in Aceh]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-07-31|title=Islamic Law and Criminal Justice in Aceh|url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/indonesia/islamic-law-and-criminal-justice-aceh|access-date=2021-12-22|website=Crisis Group|language=en}}</ref>

==== Legal doctrines ====
Secondary source materials on Indonesian laws may be used. Opinions, doctrines, and academic writings, such as books and law journals written by legal scholars and practitioners may usually be used in court for providing explanation and elucidation purpose. Recently, the use of online websites and databases may provide an alternative channel to look for references, which otherwise may be hard to search by conventional means.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hukumonline|title=Pusat Produk & Jasa Hukum Terpercaya di Indonesia {{!}} Hukumonline|url=https://hukumonline.com/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=hukumonline.com|language=id}}</ref>{{secondary source needed|date=June 2025}}

==== Jurisprudences ====
[[Judgment (law)|Court decisions]], case laws, or judge-made laws are not binding beyond the case and the parties; ''[[Precedent|Stare decisis]]'' or precedents is not directly applicable in Indonesia, as is common with other civil law countries. However, decisions of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, including the attached dissenting and concurring opinions, are considered to have persuasive force of precedence and are usually referred to at subsequent cases. Still, judges are not bound to apply previous decisions, and will mainly use the facts presented to the court to reach a decision.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JDI MAHKAMAH AGUNG-RI|url=https://jdih.mahkamahagung.go.id/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=46&func=select&id=297|access-date=2021-12-22|website=jdih.mahkamahagung.go.id}}</ref>

== Criminal laws ==
{{Further|Indonesian criminal procedure}}
Main sources of law for Indonesian criminal law come from the criminal code ({{lang|id|Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana}}) and the criminal procedural code ({{lang|id|Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Acara Pidana}}). Other rules concerning a more specific subject on criminal actions may come from Acts and other regulations. The criminal code is a localized, translated version of Dutch colonial criminal code, the Nederlandsch-Indische {{lang|nl|Wetboek van Strafrecht}} which in turn was based on [[French Penal Code of 1810]] and {{lang|nl|Wetboek van Strafrecht (Nederland)}}. The criminal procedural code is post-colonial, enacted into law in 1981.

Under the previous pre-2023 Criminal Code, Indonesian criminal legal system recognized two types of criminal acts: the heavier crimes ({{lang|id|Kejahatan}} or {{lang|nl|Misdrijven}}) and the lesser misdemeanors ({{lang|id|Pelanggaran}} or {{lang|nl|Overtredingen}}).<ref>{{cite act|title=Penal Code of Indonesia|year=1982|url=https://www.globalanimallaw.org/downloads/database/national/indonesia/Indonesia-Penal-Code-1982.pdf}}</ref> However this distinction is abolished with the new Criminal Code enacted in 2023.

=== Pre-2023 Criminal code ===
{{Main|Indonesian Criminal Code}}
The pre-2023 '''Criminal Code''' (Staatsblad 1915:732, entered into force in 1918, adopted by independent Indonesia by Law No. 1/1946 to be applied in Java and Madura, and finally made applicable nationwide by Law No. 73/1958) is divided into three "Books". First Book deals with general provisions including extent of application, punishment, participation in punishable acts, filing of complaints in criminal cases, and lapse of the right to prosecute and definitions. Second Book deals with crimes including crimes against the state, against public order, crimes against life, and crimes against the person and property. Third Book sets out the misdemeanors, which are the lesser crimes.

=== 2023 Criminal Code ===
{{Main|2023 Indonesian Criminal Code}}
The Indonesian government has considered changes to the criminal code ever since independence, with the colonial-era code being seen as a mismatch with current national culture and values. In 2019, a new bill on criminal code was publicly announced, but controversial provisions criminalizing extramarital sex, abortions, and other restrictions on religious and civil liberties led to [[2019 Indonesian protests and riots|a series of protests and riots]] in response, ultimately causing the bill to replace the code to be scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-06|title=Indonesia's criminal code: what is it, why does it matter, and will it be passed?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/indonesias-criminal-code-what-is-it-why-does-it-matter-and-will-it-be-passed|date=26 September 2019|website=the Guardian}}</ref> However, in 2022, a bill reintroducing the 2019 proposal with some statutes being "watered down" was passed by Indonesia's parliament and is planned to take effect in full after a three-year provisional period, despite similar concerns about its effect on civil rights and the rights of religious and sexual minorities.<ref>{{cite magazine|access-date=2022-12-06|title=Sex Outside Marriage Will Be Illegal Under Indonesia's Sweeping New Criminal Code|url=https://time.com/6238952/indonesia-criminal-code-to-ban-sex-outside-marriage/|magazine=Time}}</ref>

The new criminal code is finally enacted as Law No. 1/2023 on the Criminal Code. The code is expanded to 624 articles, split into 2 Books: "General Provisions" and "Crime"; The new code no longer differentiates crime from lesser misdemeanors. It also contains provisions regarding government acknowledgement of 'living laws' (''adat'' or customary rules) in punishing crimes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UU No. 1 Tahun 2023 tentang Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana [JDIH BPK RI] |url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/234935/uu-no-1-tahun-2023 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=peraturan.bpk.go.id}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+First Book: on General Provisions
!Chapters No.
!Chapters (in English)
!Chapters (in Indonesian)
!Articles
|-
|I
|Scopes of the Applicability of Criminal Law
|''Ruang Lingkup Berlakunya Ketentuan Peraturan Perundang-undangan Pidana''
|Art. 1-11
|-
|II
|Crimes and Criminal Liability
|''Tindak Pidana dan Pertanggungjawaban Pidana''
|Art. 12-50 
|-
|III
|Sentencing, Punishment, and Enforcement
|''Pemidanaan, Pidana, dan Tindakan''
|Art. 51-131
|-
|IV
|Lapse of Authority to Prosecute and to Carry Out Criminal Punishments
|''Gugurnya Kewenangan Penuntutan dan Pelaksanaan Pidana''
|Art. 132-143
|-
|V
|Terminologies
|''Pengertian Istilah''
|Art. 144-186
|-
|VI
|Concluding Provisions
|''Aturan Penutup''
|Art. 187
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Second Book: on Crimes
!Chapters No.
!Chapters (in English)
!Chapters (in Indonesian)
!Articles
|-
|I
|Crimes Against State Security
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Keamanan Negara''
|Art. 188-216
|-
|II
|Crimes Against the Dignity of the President and/or the Vice President
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Martabat Presiden dan/atau Wakil Presiden''
|Art. 217-220
|-
|III
|Crimes Against Cordial Foreign States
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Negara Sahabat''
|Art. 221-231
|-
|IV
|Crimes Against Meetings of Legislative and Government Bodies
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Penyelenggaraan Rapat Lembaga Legislatif dan Badan Pemerintah''
|Art. 232-233
|-
|V
|Crimes Against Public Order
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Ketertiban Umum''
|Art. 234-277
|-
|VI
|Crimes Against Judicial Process
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Proses Peradilan''
|Art. 278-299
|-
|VII
|Crimes Against Religions, Beliefs, and Religious or Faithful Life
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Agama, Kepercayaan, dan Kehidupan Beragama atau Kepercayaan''
|Art. 300-305
|-
|VIII
|Crimes Against the Safety of Persons, Health, and Property
|''Tindak Pidana yang Membahayakan Keamanan Umum bagi Orang, Kesehatan, dan Barang''
|Art. 306-346
|-
|IX
|Crimes Against Government Authority
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Kekuasaan Pemerintah''
|Art. 347-376
|-
|X
|Perjury
|''Tindak Pidana Keterangan Palsu di atas Sumpah''
|Art. 373
|-
|XI
|Counterfeiting of Currency and Banknotes
|''Tindak Pidana Pemalsuan Mata Uang dan Uang Kertas''
|Art. 374-381
|-
|XII
|Forgery of Stamps, Seals, and State Marks
|''Tindak Pidana Pemalsuan Meterai, Cap Negara, dan Tera Negara''
|Art. 382-390
|-
|XIII
|Forgery of Documents
|''Tindak Pidana Pemalsuan Surat''
|Art. 391-400
|-
|XIV
|Crimes Against Persons' Origins and Marriage
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Asal Usul dan Perkawinan''
|Art. 401-405
|-
|XV
|Indecency
|''Tindak Pidana Kesusilaan''
|Art. 406-427
|-
|XVI
|Desertion and Abandonment
|''Tindak Pidana Penelantaran Orang''
|Art. 428-432
|-
|XVII
|Defamation
|''Tindak Pidana Penghinaan''
|Art. 433-442
|-
|XVIII
|Revelation of Secrets
|''Tindak Pidana Pembukaan Rahasia''
|Art. 443-445
|-
|XIX
|Crimes Against Personal Liberty
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Kemerdekaan Orang''
|Art. 446-456
|-
|XX
|Human Trafficking
|''Tindak Pidana Penyelundupan Manusia''
|Art. 457
|-
|XXI
|Crimes Against Life and Fetus
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Nyawa dan Janin''
|Art. 458-465
|-
|XXII
|Physical Violence
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Tubuh''
|Art. 466-473
|-
|XXIII
|Causing Death or Bodily Harm due to Negligence
|''Tindak Pidana yang Mengakibatkan Mati atau Luka karena Kealpaan''
|Art. 474-475
|-
|XXIV
|Theft
|''Tindak Pidana Pencurian''
|Art. 476-481
|-
|XXV
|Extortion and Threats
|''Tindak Pidana Pemerasan dan Pengancaman''
|Art. 482-485
|-
|XXVI
|Embezzlement
|''Tindak Pidana Penggelapan''
|Art. 486-491
|-
|XXVII
|Fraud
|''Tindak Pidana Perbuatan Curang''
|Art. 492-510
|-
|XXVIII
|Crimes Against Fiduciary Duty
|''Tindak Pidana terhadap Kepercayaan dalam menjalankan Usaha''
|Art. 511-520
|-
|XXIX
|Vandalism and Destruction of Goods and Property
|''Tindak Pidana Perusakan dan Penghancuran Barang dan Bangunan Gedung''
|Art. 521-526
|-
|XXX
|Crimes in Public Office
|''Tindak Pidana Jabatan''
|Art. 527-541
|-
|XXXI
|Maritime Crime 
|''Tindak Pidana Pelayaran''
|Art. 542-574
|-
|XXXII
|Aviation Crime and Crime Against Flight Facilities and Infrastructures
|''Tindak Pidana Penerbangan dan Tindak Pidana terhadap Sarana serta Prasarana Penerbangan''
|Art. 575-590
|-
|XXXIII
|Possession of Stolen Goods, as well as Crimes in Publication and Prints
|''Tindak Pidana Penadahan, Penerbitan, dan Pencetakan''
|Art. 591-596
|-
|XXXIV
|Customary Criminal Law
|''Tindak Pidana Berdasarkan Hukum yang Hidup dalam Masyarakat''
|Art. 597
|-
|XXXV
|Special Crimes
|''Tindak Pidana Khusus''
|Art. 598-612
|-
|XXXVI
|Transitory Provisions
|''Ketentuan Peralihan''
|Art. 613-620
|-
|XXXVII
|Concluding Provisions
|''Ketentuan Penutup''
|Art. 621-624
|}

=== Punishments ===
'''Pre-2023 Criminal Code'''

Article 10 of the pre-2023 Criminal Code rules on the initial sets of [[punishment]]s imposed on people convicted of a crime. There are two types of punishments: Main and Additional Punishments. Main punishments consist of:
* [[Capital punishment]] (''pidana mati'') by firing squads. Prior to 1964, the execution method used is hanging, while currently the preferred method is firing squad;<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jacob|first=Efryan R.T.|date=January–February 2017|title=Pelaksanaan Pidana Mati Menurut Undang Undang Nomor 2 PNPS 1964|url=https://media.neliti.com/media/publications/151763-ID-pelaksanaan-pidana-mati-menurut-undang-u.pdf|journal=Lex Crimen|volume=6}}</ref>
* [[Imprisonment]] (''pidana penjara''), either for [[life imprisonment]], or for a minimum of one year and maximum of 20 years;
* Detention (''pidana kurungan''), which is the term used for imprisonment under one year imposed on people convicted of misdemeanors.;
* Fines (''pidana denda''); and
* Enshelterment (''Pidana tutupan''), a special type of imprisonment imposed on people convicted for crimes committed for "honorable means". The only time it was imposed was after the [[3 July Affair]]s, of which the prisoners were important public and political figures.<ref>{{Cite web|last=S.H|first=Ilman Hadi|title=Mengenai Hukuman Tutupan - Klinik Hukumonline|url=https://hukumonline.com/klinik/detail/ulasan/lt50c2ee2cbcf46/pidana-tutupan|access-date=2021-12-25|website=hukumonline.com|date=7 July 2018 |language=id}}</ref>

Additional punishments, which imposed only to complement the main punishments, consist of:
* Deprivations of certain rights (''pencabutan hak-hak tertentu'');
* Seizures of certain property and goods (''perampasan barang-barang tertentu''); and
* Public announcement of court decisions (''pembacaan putusan Hakim'').
'''2023 Criminal Code'''

Article 64 of the new Criminal Code rules on three types of punishment categories: '''Main punishments''', '''Additional punishments''', and '''Capital punishment''' (written in the code as 'other punishments specified for particular crimes in other rules').

Main punishments consist of imprisonment, enshelterment, observation, paying fines, and, performing [[community service]]s.

Additional punishments consist of:

* Deprivations of certain rights
* Seizures of certain property and goods
* Public announcement of court rulings and decisions
* Payment of restitution
* Fulfillment of customary obligation.

== Civil laws ==
Indonesian legal system utilizes the ''Civil Code'' ({{lang|id|Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Perdata}} or '''KUHPer''', previously known as ''Burgerlijk Wetboek'' or '''BW'''), as well as two civil procedural codes: {{lang|nl|Herzien Inlandsche Reglement}} or '''HIR''' for civil cases in Java and Madura, and {{lang|nl|Rechtreglement voor de Buitengewesten}} or '''RBG''' for civil cases outside Java and Madura.<ref>{{Cite web|last=M.H|first=Togar S. M. Sijabat, S. H.|title=Perbedaan Antara HIR dan RBG - Klinik Hukumonline|url=https://hukumonline.com/klinik/detail/ulasan/lt54dc318596a4d/perbedaan-antara-hir-dan-rbg|access-date=2021-12-22|website=hukumonline.com|date=7 July 2018 |language=id}}</ref> There is also the ''Commerce Code'' ({{Lang|id|Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Dagang}} or '''KUHD''' previously known as {{lang|nl|Wetboek voor Koophandel}}) used for basic commercial principles. The Civil Code, the Commerce Code, and both civil procedural codes are Dutch colonial legal codes, directly adapted from Dutch laws. Other rules concerning civil law may come from newer, more specific Acts and other regulations.

=== Civil code ===
{{Main|Civil Code of Indonesia}}

The Civil Code (Staatsblad 1847:23, entered into force in 1848) is divided into four "Books": Persons (''Orang''), [[Property law|Property]] (''Kebendaan''), [[Contract]]s (''Perikatan''), and [[Evidence (law)|Evidence]] and [[Statute of limitations|Limitations]] (''Pembuktian dan Daluwarsa''). Note that many chapters and articles within the Civil Code has been repealed and replaced by newer legislations, such as rules on marriage in the Code is mostly regulated with 1974 Marriage Act.
{| class="wikitable"
|+First Book: on Persons
!Chapters No.
!Chapters (in English)
!Chapters (in Indonesian)
!Articles
|-
|I
|Enjoyment and Loss of Civil Rights
|''Menikmati dan Kehilangan Hak Kewargaan''
|Art. 1-3
|-
|II
|Deeds of the Civil Registry
|''Akta-akta Catatan Sipil''
|Art. 4-5
|-
|III
|Residence or Domicile
|''Tempat Tinggal atau Domisili''
|Art. 6-25
|-
|IV
|Marriage
|''Perkawinan''
|Art. 26-102
|-
|V
|Rights and Obligations of Spouses
|''Hak dan Kewajiban Suami Isteri''
|Art. 103-118
|-
|VI
|Marital Joint Property and its Management
|''Harta Bersama Menurut Undang-Undang dan Pengurusannya''
|Art. 119-138
|-
|VII
|Nuptial Agreements
|''Perjanjian Kawin''
|Art. 139-179
|-
|VIII
|Marital Joint Property or Nuptial Agreements in the Event of Second or Further Marriages
|''Gabungan Harta Bersama atau Perjanjian Kawin pada Perkawinan Kedua atau Selanjutnya''
|Art. 180-185
|-
|IX
|Division of Joint Property
|''Pemisahan Harta Benda''
|Art. 186-198
|-
|X
|Dissolution of Marriage
|''Pembubaran Perkawinan''
|Art. 199-232a
|-
|XI
|Separation of Bed and Board 
|''Pisah Meja dan Ranjang''
|Art. 233-249
|-
|XII
|Paternity and the Origins of Children
|''Kebapakan dan Asal Keturunan Anak-anak''
|Art. 250-289
|-
|XIII
|Familial Relationship by Blood and Marriage
|''Kekeluargaan Sedarah dan Semenda''
|Art. 290-297
|-
|XIV
|Parental Authority
|''Kekuasaan Orang Tua''
|Art. 298-329
|-
|XIV-A
|Stipulation, Amendment, and Revocation of Support Payments
|''Penentuan, Perubahan, dan Pencabutan Tunjangan Nafkah''
|Art. 329a-329b
|-
|XV
|Minority and Guardianship
|''Kebelumdewasaan dan Perwalian''
|Art. 330-418a
|-
|XVI
|Emancipation
|''Pendewasaan''
|Art. 419-432
|-
|XVII
|Conservatorship 
|''Pengampuan''
|Art. 433-461
|-
| -
|Concluding Provisions
|''Ketentuan Penutup''
|Art. 462
|-
|XVIII
|Absence 
|''Ketidakhadiran''
|Art. 463-498
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Second Book: on Property
!Chapters No.
!Chapters (in English)
!Chapters (in Indonesian)
!Articles
|-
|I
|Property and Its Distinctions
|''Barang dan Pembagiannya''
|Art. 499-528
|-
|II
|Possession of Property, and the Rights Resulting Therefrom
|''Besit dan Hak-hak yang Timbul Karenanya''
|Art. 529-569
|-
|III
|Ownership of Property
|''Hak Milik''
|Art. 570-624
|-
|IV
|Rights and Duties among Owners of Neighboring Plots of Land 
|''Hak dan Kewajiban Antara Para Pemilik Pekarangan yang Bertetangga''
|Art. 625-672
|-
|V
|Compulsory Labor
|''Kerja Rodi''
|Art. 673
|-
|VI
|Servitude
|''Pengabdian Pekarangan''
|Art. 674-710
|-
|VII
|Superficies (o''pstal'')
|''Hak Numpang Karang''
|Art. 711-719
|-
|VIII
|Ground Lease (e''rfpacht'')
|''Hak Guna''
|Art. 720-736
|-
|IX
|Interests in Land, and One-tenth Entitlements
|''Bunga Tanah dan Sepersepuluh''
|Art. 737-755
|-
|X
|Usufructs (''vruchtgebruik'')
|''Hak Pakai Hasil''
|Art. 756-817
|-
|XI
|Rights to Use and Occupy
|''Hak Pakai dan Hak Mendiami''
|Art. 818-829
|-
|XII
|Inheritance by Demise
|''Pewarisan karena Kematian''
|Art. 830-873
|-
|XIII
|Testaments
|''Surat Wasiat''
|Art. 874-1004
|-
|XIV
|Testaments Executors and Estate Managers
|''Pelaksana Surat Wasiat dan Pengelola Harta Peninggalan''
|Art. 1005-1022
|-
|XV
|Rights to Deliberate and to Detail over the Estate
|''Hak Berpikir dan Hak Istimewa untuk Merinci Harta Peninggalan''
|Art. 1023-1043
|-
|XVI
|Acceptance and Rejection of Inheritances
|''Hal Menerima dan Menolak Warisan''
|Art. 1044-1065
|-
|XVII
|Estate Division 
|''Pemisahan Harta Peninggalan''
|Art. 1066-1125
|-
|XVIII
|Unclaimed Estates
|''Harta Peninggalan yang Tak Terurus''
|Art. 1126-1130
|-
|XIX
|Priority of Creditor Debts
|''Piutang dengan Hak Mendahulukan''
|Art. 1131-1149
|-
|XX
|Mortgages over Moveable Property
|''Gadai''
|Art. 1150-1161
|-
|XXI
|Mortgages over Fixed Registered Property
|''Hipotek''
|Art. 1162-1232
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Third Book: on Contracts
!Chapters No.
!Chapters (in English)
!Chapters (in Indonesian)
!Articles
|-
|I
|Contracts in General
|''Perikatan pada Umumnya''
|Art. 1233-1312
|-
|II
|Commitments Arising from Contracts or Agreements
|''Perikatan yang Lahir dari Kontrak atau Persetujuan''
|Art. 1313-1351
|-
|III
|Contracts Arising by Force of Law 
|''Perikatan yang Lahir karena Undang-Undang''
|Art. 1352-1380
|-
|IV
|Nullification of Contracts
|''Hapusnya Perikatan''
|Art. 1381-1456
|-
|V
|Sales and Purchases
|''Jual Beli''
|Art. 1457-1540
|-
|VI
|Exchanges
|''Tukar Menukar''
|Art. 1451-1456
|-
|VII
|Leasing
|''Sewa Menyewa''
|Art. 1457-1600
|-
|VII-A
|Employment Agreements
|''Perjanjian Kerja''
|Art. 1601-1603w
|-
| -
|Concluding Provisions
|''Ketentuan Penutup''
|Art. 1601x-1617
|-
|VIII
|Partnerships 
|''Perseroan Perdata (Persekutuan Perdata)''
|Art. 1618-1652
|-
|IX
|Legal Entities
|''Badan Hukum''
|Art. 1653-1665
|-
|X
|Grants
|''Penghibahan''
|Art. 1666-1693
|-
|XI
|Deposits of Goods
|''Penitipan Barang''
|Art. 1694-1739
|-
|XII
|Lending
|''Pinjam Pakai''
|Art. 1740-1753
|-
|XIII
|Loans for Consumption
|''Pinjam Pakai Habis''
|Art. 1754-1769
|-
|XIV
|Fixed or Perpetual Interests
|''Bunga Tetap atau Bunga Abadi''
|Art. 1770-1773
|-
|XV
|Aleatory Agreements
|''Persetujuan Untung-untungan''
|Art. 1774-1791
|-
|XVI
|Issuance of Powers
|''Pemberian Kuasa''
|Art. 1792-1819
|-
|XVII
|Guarantors
|''Penanggung Utang''
|Art. 1820-1864
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Fourth Book: on Evidence and Limitations
!Chapters No.
!Chapters (in English)
!Chapters (in Indonesian)
!Articles
|-
|I
|Evidence in General
|''Pembuktian pada Umumnya''
|Art. 1865-1866
|-
|II
|Evidence by Letters
|''Pembuktian dengan Tulisan''
|Art. 1867-1894
|-
|III
|Evidence by Witnesses
|''Pembuktian dengan Saksi-saksi''
|Art. 1895-1914
|-
|IV
|Inferences
|''Persangkaan-persangkaan''
|Art. 1915-1922
|-
|V
|Confessions
|''Pengakuan''
|Art. 1923-1928
|-
|VI
|Oaths Taken Before the Judge 
|''Sumpah di Muka Hakim''
|Art. 1929-1945
|-
|VII
|Limitations
|''Daluwarsa''
|Art. 1946-1992
|-
| -
|Concluding Provisions
|''Ketentuan Penutup''
|Art. 1993
|}

== Family laws ==
Rules on [[marriage in Indonesia]] are stipulated mostly under the 1974 Marriage Act ({{lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 1/1974 tentang Perkawinan}}) and has largely unchanged, safe for an amendment in 2019 and three constitutional reviews in 2010{{NoteTag|note=Constitutional Court decision number 46/PUU-VIII/2010 on the civil relationship between a biological father and a child born out of wedlock.}}, 2015{{NoteTag|note=Constitutional Court decision number 69/PUU-XIII/2015 on postnuptial agreements, previously not regulated under the Marriage Act.}}, and 2017{{NoteTag|note=Constitutional Court decision number 22/PUU-XV/2017 on raising the minimum marriageable age to 19 for both man and woman.}}.<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=16|date=2019|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 16 Tahun 2019 tentang Perubahan atas Undang-undang Nomor 1 Tahun 1974 tentang Perkawinan|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/47406/uu-no-1-tahun-1974|language=id}}</ref><ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=1|date=1974|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 1974 tentang Perkawinan|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/122740/uu-no-16-tahun-2019|language=id}}</ref> The Act itself repealed several articles on family and marriage previously covered in the Civil Code, as well as repealed colonial laws on Mixed Marriage ({{lang|nl|Reglement op de Gemengde Huwelijken}}) and special rules for marriage of native Christians ({{lang|nl|Huwelijke Ordonantie Christen Indonesiers}}), creating a post-colonial outlook and approach on family law in Indonesia.<ref name="misaelandpartners.com">{{Cite web|title=Perkawinan Campuran di Indonesia – Misael Law and Partners|url=http://misaelandpartners.com/perkawinan-campuran-di-indonesia/|access-date=2021-12-24|language=en-US}}</ref> In addition, some rules are also added through the official Indonesian Compilation of Islamic Laws ({{Lang|id|Kompilasi Hukum Islam}}), a set of general Sharia laws and principles in private laws, applicable and compatible with Islamic practices in present-day Indonesian Muslim society.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Susetyo|first=Heru|title=Latar Belakang Pembentukan Kompilasi Hukum Islam|url=https://www.hukumonline.com/klinik/detail/ulasan/lt6124e4100b854/latar-belakang-pembentukan-kompilasi-hukum-islam/|website=HukumOnline|date=7 July 2018 }}</ref>

In summary:

* The act of [[marriage]] in Indonesian law is a spiritual union of man and woman, legal if it is lawful under each parties' religious rules of marriage. Such marriage then will be acknowledged by state and will be registered in the civil registry.
* All marriage by principle are monogamous. However, [[Polygyny|polygynous marriage]] is allowed under strict limitations, such as if the wife is unable to conceive or unable to exercise her family duty as a wife. Most importantly, the wife must be present and give the husband her permission to marry again. Meanwhile, [[Polyandry|polyandrous marriage]] is not allowed.
* [[Marriageable age]] is 19 for both man and woman. Prior to the 2017 constitutional review and 2019 amendment of the Act, it was 19 for man and 16 for woman. It was altered due to conflicting rules with another law which define a child as being under 18 years of age, including unborn child. However the Act still allowed the record of marriage involving parties below the marriageable age, if the parties request and receive a court dispensation (from the Religious Court if Muslim, from the District Court if other than Muslim).
* Marriage can be [[Annulment|annulled]] by both husband and wife, or their parents, or an appointed official. Annulment is allowed if the marriage is found to be unlawful under religious laws or the civil law, or if the marriage is concluded under unlawful threat, or if one party discovered undisclosed personal matters regarding the other party. The time period and conditions for annulment is not unlimited, however; Different time limit applies for different conditions.
* Nuptial agreements ({{Lang|id|perjanjian perkawinan}}, {{Literal translation|marriage agreement}}), a legal term used in the Act to describe an agreement concluded between the parties, is encouraged and allowed to be concluded either [[Prenuptial agreement|before marriage]], during the wedding ceremony, or [[Postnuptial agreement|after the wedding]] during the rest of the marriage. Prior to the 2015 constitutional review of the Act, nuptial agreements are limited to only those concluded before or during the wedding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hukumonline.com/klinik/detail/ulasan/lt5847e8ddabfea/keberlakuan-putusan-mk-tentang-perjanjian-kawin-terhadap-perkawinan-wni|title=Keberlakuan Putusan MK tentang Perjanjian Kawin Terhadap Perkawinan WNI|date=2016-12-07|access-date=2021-12-27|author=Nayara Advocacy}}</ref> 
* Property acquired during marriage is considered [[Matrimonial regime|joint ownership marital property]]. Property acquired before marriage by each parties are of their own, unless specified otherwise.
* Dissolution of marriage is only caused by death, by divorce, or by court decisions. The act of [[divorce]] is concluded in court hearings (Religious Court for Muslims, District Court for other than Muslims), after all attempt to solve the differences fail. Reason to divorce is limited by law:<ref>{{Cite web|last1=P|first1=Eko|last2=iangan|title=Alasan-alasan Yang Dapat Dijadikan Sebagai Dasar Untuk Mengajukan Permohonan Perceraian|url=https://eap-lawyer.com/alasan-alasan-yang-dapat-dijadikan-sebagai-dasar-untuk-mengajukan-permohonan-perceraian/|access-date=2021-12-24|website=EAP Lawyer|date=19 June 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** A party committed [[adultery]], or become [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]], [[Substance abuse|drug abuser]], or [[Problem gambling|addicted to gambling]];
** A party abandoned the household for two continuous years without reasonable cause;
** A party committed a crime and punished by incarceration for five years or more;
** A party mistreated, abused, or endangered the other party ([[Domestic violence|domestic abuse]]);
** A party suffered from [[physical disability]] or disease, which render the party unable to exercise their family duty;
** Continuous quarrels between husband and wife which render the parties unable to continue their marriage.
** Under the official Indonesian Compilation of Islamic Laws, two more reasons for divorce is stated: (1) The husband violated the ''sighat taklik talak'' (marriage oath read by the husband in Islamic wedding), and (2) A party later converted to different faith, which may cause a crisis of faith in the household.
* The Act also regulates on [[Child]]. Children born in marriage or born as a result of a lawful marriage are lawful children. Children born out of wedlock have automatic familial relations to the mother and the mother's family, as well as the father, proven by [[DNA paternity testing|paternity test]]. Prior to the 2010 constitutional review of the Act, children born out of wedlock only have familial relations to the mother, but no rules on the father.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Jurnal Konstitutsi|language=id|url=https://media.neliti.com/media/publications/114589-ID-nasab-anak-luar-kawin-pasca-putusan-mahk.pdf|title=Nasab Anak Luar Kawin Pasca Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 46/PUU-VIII/2010|first=Achmad Irwan|last=Hamzani|volume=12|issue=1|year=2015|trans-title=The Descendants of Children Outside of Marriage After Constitutional Court Decision No. 46/PUU-VIII/2010}}</ref>
* Children under the age of 18 are under their parents' protection and care, and they represent their children within and outside the court of law. Exception are made for children who are already married before the age of 18, they are to be considered adult.
* [[Child custody|Guardians]] (''wali'') can be assigned guardianship over children under the age of 18, who are never married, and not under their parents' protection and care. Guardians also serve as caretaker over the children's property, and continue to do so until the children reach the age of 18 or considered an adult by virtue of marriage.
* Parents (and Guardians) can be stripped of their parental (or guardianship) authority by request of one of the parent, the grandparents, full siblings who already reached adulthood, or appointed officials. The reason for this action may be due to parental (or guardianship) neglect, or they are considered to be behaviorally unbefitting. Parent(s) who are stripped of their authority must still continue the support payment for their children. Guardians who are stripped of their authority will be replaced by court-appointed guardians.
* Marriage concluded overseas between Indonesian citizens or when one party is an Indonesian citizen is lawful if (1) The marriage itself is considered to be lawful under the law where the marriage is concluded, and (2) The Indonesian citizen(s) in this marriage got married lawfully under the Act. Vice versa, marriage concluded in Indonesia between an Indonesian citizen and a foreign citizen is also lawful under the same conditions. Only this latter type of marriage is formally known as Mixed Marriage (''Perkawinan campuran'') under the Act, and it is one option for foreigners to acquire Indonesian residence permits and citizenship.<ref name="misaelandpartners.com"/>

=== Interfaith marriage ===
Curiously, despite the Act not acknowledging lawfulness of marriage concluded between man and woman of different faiths, it is also not explicitly outlawing them. [[Interfaith marriage]] in Indonesia remains a divisive issue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Indonesia, Interfaith Marriage is Legal - But With Many Obstacles|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/in-indonesia-interfaith-marriage-is-legal---but-with-many-obstacles-/4373874.html|access-date=2021-12-24|website=VOA|date=3 May 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In June 2023, The Supreme Court has issued circular, forbidding judges in the lower courts to approve legalization requests of interfaith marriage as a requirement for registration at the civil registry, citing the obligation to uphold the definition of a lawful marriage ("...spiritual union of man and woman..." and "...lawful under each parties' religious rules of marriage.").<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-20 |title=No authorisation for interfaith marriages, says Indonesia's Supreme Court |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-authorisation-for-interfaith-marriages-indonesia-s-supreme-court-says#:~:text=JAKARTA%20%E2%80%93%20Indonesia%27s%20Supreme%20Court%20has,allow%20and%20facilitate%20interfaith%20marriages. |access-date=2023-08-04 |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court also rejected earlier petitions to review the Marriage Act, hence upholding the role of state and the importance of religion in family laws.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Court Rejects Petition on Interfaith Marriage |url=https://en.mkri.id/news/details/2023-01-31/Court_Rejects_Petition_on_Interfaith_Marriage |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=en.mkri.id |language=en}}</ref>

== Commercial and corporate laws ==
Indonesian commercial law utilizes several sets of laws, starting with the colonial Commerce Code. The Commerce Code repealed and replaced many articles regarding commercial and corporate activities in the Civil Code. In turn, new laws and regulations would be enacted to repeal and replace older rules from the codes, as well as to introduce new norms and rules, such as the Limited Liability Company Act of 2007 ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 40/2007 tentang Perseroan Terbatas}}).<ref name=":1">{{cite act|type=Law|index=40|year=2007|language=id|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/39965/uu-no-40-tahun-2007|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 40 Tahun 2007 tentang Perseroan Terbatas}}</ref>

The Commerce Code introduces several type of business entities ({{Lang|id|Badan Usaha}}):

* [[Sole proprietorship|Sole Proprietorships]] ({{Lang|id|Perusahaan Perseorangan}}), where business is run by individual(s);
* [[Partnership]]s ({{Lang|id|Persekutuan}}), which includes:
** Private Partnerships ({{Lang|id|Persekutuan Perdata}} or {{Lang|nl|Maatschap}}), basic partnership formed to run a business, and usually ends when one of the partners left;
** Firms ({{Lang|id|Persekutuan Firma}}, {{Lang|nl|Vennootschap onder Firma}}'','' or simply ''Firma''), where partnership runs a business under a common name, and the absence of one partner does not usually end the partnership;
** Limited Partnerships ({{Lang|id|Persekutuan Komanditer}} or {{Lang|nl|Commanditaire Vennootschap}}), where partners are differentiated between 'active partners' who invest in and run the business, and 'passive partners' who invest in the business, but do not run it. Very similar to ''[[Kommanditgesellschaft]]'';
* [[Limited liability company|Limited Liability Companies]] ({{Lang|id|Perseroan Terbatas}}), where business ownerships are divided into shares.

Of all these business entities, only limited liability companies are which to be considered a legal entity at the same time. Indonesian laws also acknowledge separate sets of [[Legal person|Legal Entities]] ({{Lang|id|Badan Hukum}}):

* Limited Liability Companies;<ref name=":1" />
* [[Foundation (nonprofit)|Foundations]] ({{Lang|id|Yayasan}});<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=16|year=2001|language=id|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/44893/uu-no-16-tahun-2001|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 16 Tahun 2001 tentang Yayasan}}</ref>
* [[Cooperative]]s ({{Lang|id|Koperasi}});<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=17|year=2012|language=id|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/39094/uu-no-17-tahun-2012|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 17 Tahun 2012 tentang Perkoperasian}}</ref> and
* Associations ({{Lang|id|Perkumpulan Berbadan Hukum}}).<ref>{{cite act|type=Minister of Laws and Human Rights Regulation|index=3|year=2016|title=Permenkumham No. 3 Tahun 2016 tentang Tata Cara Pengajuan Permohonan Pengesahan Badan Hukum dan Persetujuan Perubahan Anggaran Dasar Perkumpulan|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/133227/permenkumham-no-3-tahun-2016|language=id}}</ref>

=== Limited liability companies ===
The limited liability companies or PT are the most common legal entities registered to run business in Indonesia. It is the only form of business where [[foreign direct investment]]s (FDI) are allowed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Penanaman Modal Asing di Indonesia|url=https://www.investindonesia.go.id/id/artikel-investasi/detail/penanaman-modal-asing-di-indonesia|website=Ministry of Investment}}</ref> The form of limited liability companies in Indonesia are very similar to [[Naamloze vennootschap|''Naamloze Vennootschap'']] or NV practiced in the Netherlands. PTs in Indonesia are required to form the following organs in order to run a business:

* a [[Annual general meeting|General Meeting of Shareholders]] ({{Lang|id|Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham}} or "RUPS"), authorized to appoint the Directors and Commissioners, amend the company's articles of association, approve the corporate policies, and approve the corporate dividend payouts and budgets;
* a [[Board of directors|Board of Directors]] ({{Lang|id|Direksi}}), authorized to manage the company and its assets, actively manage the company's bookkeeping, and serve as the company's representation; and
* a Board of Commissioners ({{Lang|id|Dewan Komisaris}}), authorized to oversee and observe the company's activities, as well as to give advice to the Directors.

== Agrarian laws ==
The agrarian laws in Indonesian are composed mostly regarding land laws, but in the broadest term might include resource management principles on water, mining, fishery, and forestry. The authoritative statute regarding this subject is the 1960 Agrarian Basic Law Act ({{lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 5/1960 tentang Peraturan Dasar Pokok-pokok Agraria}}) or simply the Agrarian Act. Its purpose was to unify the already-existing colonial and various {{lang|id|[[adat]]}} rules on land and land use, and transform them into a national land reform framework for a modern agrarian laws.<ref>{{Cite act|title=Undang-Undang nomor 5 tahun 1960 tentang Peraturan Dasar Pokok-Pokok Agraria|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/51310/uu-no-5-tahun-1960|type=Law|index=5|year=1960|language}}</ref>

In summary:

* All the land, water, and [[Airspace|air space]] of Indonesia, including all resources within it, belongs to the Indonesian nation ({{Lang|id|Bangsa Indonesia}}), and the nation authorized the state to control its use and rights over the land, water, air space, and the resources within. It means that claims to 'unclaimed' land or resources will not be acknowledged, as no land is considered ''[[res nullius]]'' by principle.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Leks&Co|first=Theresia C.|last=Pasaribu|date=2021-06-10|title=Principles of Agrarian Law|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ad155b1b-25c8-43b3-9368-951224a7e049|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Lexology|language=en}}</ref>
* The state acknowledged both individual and communal ownership over land and resources. The latter (known as {{Lang|id|Hak Ulayat}}) is more relevant within the context of traditional [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous communities]] of Indonesia, who may still practices communal ownership of goods and resources within their respective community. However these acknowledgement of traditional rights will not overrule national development effort.
* The Act and other regulations set on several rights over the use of land:<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Denny|last1=Rahmansyah|first2=Saprita|last2=Tahir|title=Categories of Property Rights in Indonesia|url=https://www.ssek.com/id/blog/categories-of-property-rights-in-indonesia|access-date=2021-12-28|date=2019-08-29|website=www.ssek.com}}</ref>
** Primary rights, where it is directly granted from the nation's right over land (rights granted by the state). It consists of four rights, limited to Indonesian citizens only:
*** Right of Ownership ({{lang|id|Hak Milik}}), which only Indonesian citizens and a limited number of legal entities may acquire it. Foreign citizens, foreign legal entity, and Indonesians with more than one citizenships are excluded from having this right, even if they managed to acquire such right by means of [[inheritance]] or by [[Matrimonial regime|marital joint property]]. In such situation, within one year they must transfer the rights over the assets to someone lawful or said assets be taken over by the state;
*** Right to Cultivate ({{lang|id|Hak Guna Usaha}}), which only Indonesian citizens and legal entities registered in Indonesia may acquire it. The right authorized its holder to control and use the land for agriculture, plantation, fishery, and/or husbandry purposes;
*** Right to Build ({{lang|id|Hak Guna Bangunan}}), which only Indonesian citizens and legal entities registered in Indonesia may acquire it. The right authorized its holder to construct structure on the land for personal or business use; 
*** Right to Use Granted by State ({{lang|id|Hak Pakai yang diberikan negara}}) granted its holder to use the land for personal or business purposes within a certain period of time. The right is granted to Indonesian citizen, legal entities registered in Indonesia, government institutions, religious and social organizations, foreign citizens based in Indonesia, foreign legal entities with a representation based in Indonesia, and diplomatic missions of foreign states or international organizations.
** Secondary rights, where it is indirectly granted from the nation's right over land (rights granted from the land owners). It consists of:
*** Right to Build Granted by Land Owners ({{lang|id|Hak Guna Bangunan yang diberikan pemilik tanah}});
*** Right to Use Granted by Land Owners ({{lang|id|Hak Pakai yang diberikan pemilik tanah}});
*** Right to Land Pledge ({{lang|id|Hak Gadai Tanah}});
** Grants, or {{lang|id|[[Waqf]]}}, of land and property for the purpose of Islamic worship, education, and social welfare, in [[perpetuity]];
** Encumbrance rights ({{lang|id|Hak Tanggungan}}) over land, which is a mortgage guarantee attached to land, separate from ''[[Hypothec|hipotek]]'', which are mortgage rights over fixed property other than land;
** [[Strata title]]s over [[condominium]]s ({{lang|id|Hak atas Satuan Rumah Susun}}), which is subject to 2011 Condominium Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 20/2011 tentang Rumah Susun}}); and
** Other rights yet to be phased out, such as Right to [[Sharecropping|Sharecrop]] ({{lang|id|Hak Usaha Bagi Hasil}}), Right to Lodge ({{lang|id|Hak Menumpang}}), and Right to [[Leasehold estate|Lease]] ({{lang|id|Hak Sewa}}).

== Intellectual Property laws ==
Intellectual Property (IP) laws exist and sufficiently regulated. Several categories of IP rights are acknowledged, regulated, and protected under its own act.
{| class="wikitable"
!IP categories (in Indonesian)
!IP categories (in English)
!Duration of IP protection
|-
|''Merek'' 
|Trademarks
|10 years
|-
|''Paten''
|Patents
|20 years
|-
|''Desain industri''
|Industrial designs
|10 years
|-
|''Hak cipta''
|Copyrights
|
* 70 years in general;
* 50 years for computer programs, artistic performance, and phonographic producers;
* 20 years for broadcasting.
|-
|''Indikasi geografis''
|Geographical indications
|Protection last for as long as the reputation, quality, and characteristic attached to the goods, all of which are the basis of the GI rights authorization, are maintained.
|-
|''Desain tata letak sirkuit terpadu''
|Integrated circuit layout designs
|10 years
|-
|''Rahasia dagang''
|Trade secrets
|Undetermined
|-
|''Perlindungan varietas tanaman''
|Plant varieties protection
|
* 20 years for annual plants;
* 25 years for perennial plants.
|-
|''Hak intelektual komunal''
|Communal intellectual properties
|Undetermined
|}
'''Trademarks'''

[[Trademark|Marks]] ({{Lang|id|Merek}}) are two- or three-dimensional visual signs represented with images, logos, names, words, letters, numbers, sets of colors, sounds, holographic imageries, or any combinations thereof, created with the purpose of differentiating goods and/or services provided by any individuals or entities, used in any commercial activities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Merek|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/merek/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref> These marks are to be used for identification of products, promotion of products, quality assurance of products, and marker of products' origins.

A registered trademark's protection lasts for 10 years since the date of trademark authorization, and renewable for extensions.

Trademarks protection is regulated under the 2016 Trademarks and Geographical Indications Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 20/2016 tentang Merek dan Indikator Geografis}}).<ref name="PIG">{{cite act|type=Law|index=20|date=2016|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2016 tentang Merek dan Indikasi Geografis|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/37595/uu-no-20-tahun-2016|language=id}}</ref>

'''Patents'''

[[Patent]]s ({{Lang|id|Paten}}) are exclusive rights which belong to inventors of technological inventions. Ownership of patents allowed inventors to implement themselves or authorize others to implement the inventions. Inventions ({{Lang|id|Invensi}}) are defined as inventors' problem-solving ideas in a technology-specific problems, which may appear as a product, a process, or an innovation and development of said products and processes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paten|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/paten/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref> Meanwhile, Simple Patents ({{Lang|id|Paten Sederhana}}) are different from normal patents, in which they are improvement of an existing process and products, directly applicable in the industry.

A patent's right lasts for 20 years since the date of patent authorization. A Simple Patent's right may lasts for 10 years since the date of patent authorization.

Patents protection is regulated under the 2016 Patents Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 13/2016 tentang Paten}}).<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=13|date=2016|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 2016 tentang Paten|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/37536/uu-no-13-tahun-2016|language=id}}</ref>

'''Industrial designs'''

[[Industrial design]]s ({{lang|id|Desain Industri}}) are defined as a two- or three-dimensional creative works of forms, configurations, or compositions of lines and/or colors, or any combinations thereof, with an aesthetical value and executed into a two- or three-dimensional form, and applicable in the production of goods, industrial commodities, or hand-crafted products.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Desain Industri|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/desain-industri/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref>

An industrial design's right and protection lasts for 10 years since the date of industrial design authorization. The right owner holds exclusive rights to either authorize or to forbid its commercial use.

Industrial designs protection is regulated under the 2000 Industrial Designs Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 31/2000 tentang Desain Industri}}).<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=31|date=2000|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 31 Tahun 2000 tentang Desain Industri|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/45076|language=id}}</ref>

'''Copyrights'''{{Main|Copyright law of Indonesia}}
[[Copyright]]s ({{lang|id|Hak Cipta}}) are exclusive rights of creators over their creative works, automatically exist and enter into force under a principle of declaration after its creation. Within the rules of copyrights, a [[Related rights|Related Rights]] ({{lang|id|Hak Terkait}}) serve as an exclusive rights granted to performers, phonographic producers, or broadcasting bodies who utilized and benefitted from performing, producing, and broadcasting creative works.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hak Cipta|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/hak-cipta/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref> Under copyright laws, several creative works are protected, such as:

* [[Book]]s, [[computer program]]s, [[pamphlet]]s, [[Page layout|layouts of published writings]], and other creative writings;
* [[Sermon]]s, [[lecture]]s, [[Public speaking|orations]], and other related creative works;
* [[Prop]]s made for education and scientific purposes;
* [[Song]]s and [[Music|musical works]], with or without [[lyrics]];
* [[Drama|Theatrical dramas]], [[Musical theatre|musical dramas]], [[dance]]s, [[Choreography|choreographies]], [[Puppetry|puppetries]] ({{lang|id|pewayangan}}){{NoteTag|note=Specifically includes Indonesian-style wayang puppetry.}}, and [[pantomime]]s;
* [[Fine art]]s, which include [[painting]], [[drawing]], [[carving]], [[Calligraphy|calligraphies]], [[sculpture]]s, [[plastic arts]], [[collage]]s, and [[applied arts]];
* [[Architecture]]s;
* [[Map]]s, charts, and other products of [[cartography]];
* [[Batik]] techniques;
* [[Photograph]]s; and
* [[Translation]]s, interpretations, adaptations, [[Anthology|anthologies]], and other transformed products.

Several dates of copyright protections exist:

* General copyrights last for the creators' lifetime plus 70 years;
* Computer program copyrights last for 50 years since the first publication;
* Performers copyrights last for 50 years since the first show;
* Phonographic producers copyrights last for 50 years since the first publication;
* Broadcasting bodies copyrights last for 20 years since first airing. 
Copyrights protection is regulated under the 2014 Copyrights Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 28/2014 tentang Hak Cipta}}).<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=28|date=2014|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 28 Tahun 2014 tentang Hak Cipta|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/38690|language=id}}</ref>

'''Geographical indications'''

[[Geographical indication]]s or GI ({{lang|id|Indikasi Geografis}}) are a mark or sign which indicate an origin of produced goods, which due to its geographical elements, may it be natural or manmade, able to attach to those goods a certain reputation, quality, and characteristic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indikasi Geografis|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/indikasi-geografis/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref>

Protection of GI rights last for as long as the reputation, quality, and characteristic attached to the goods, all of which are the basis of the GI rights authorization, are maintained.

GI protection is regulated under the 2016 Trademarks and Geographical Indications Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 20/2016 tentang Merek dan Indikator Geografis}}).<ref name="PIG"/>

'''Integrated circuit layout designs'''

[[Integrated circuit layout design protection|Integrated circuit layout designs]] ({{lang|id|Desain Tata Letak Sirkuit Terpadu}}) are defined as a three-dimensional assembly of a layout design, of which one part of it have to be an active element, also of which all of the interconnects or part of the interconnects of an integrated circuit and the three-dimensional assembly are meant for the creation of an integrated circuit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DTLST|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/dtlst/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref>

Meanwhile, an [[integrated circuit]] or IC ({{lang|id|Sirkuit Terpadu}}) is defined as a produced good, finished or semi finished, of which one part of it have to be an active element, also of which all of the interconnects or part of the interconnects are integrated within a semiconducting material to achieve an electronic function.

An IC layout design protection last for 10 years since the layout design first commercially exploited or since the date of authorization.

The IC Layout Design protection is regulated under the 2000 Integrated Circuit Layout Designs Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 32/2000 tentang Desain Tata Letak Sirkuit Terpadu}}).<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=32|date=2000|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2000 tentang Desain Tata Letak Sirkuit Terpadu|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/45236/uu-no-32-tahun-2000|language=id}}</ref>

'''Trade secrets'''

[[Trade secret]] ({{lang|id|Rahasia Dagang}}) is a publicly unknown information of technological or business value, which also have an economic value for its usefulness in business activity, and for that it is to be kept secret by its owners.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahasia Dagang|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/rahasia-dagang/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref> These trade secrets may include methods of production, processing methods, sales method, or other technological and/or business information, which may have economic value and unknown to the general public.

Protection of Trade Secret rights is regulated under the 2000 Trade Secrets Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 30/2000 tentang Rahasia Dagang}}).<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=30|date=2000|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 30 Tahun 2000 tentang Rahasia Dagang|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/45002/uu-no-30-tahun-2000|language=id}}</ref>

'''Plant varieties'''

Plant varieties protection ({{lang|id|Perlindungan Varietas Tanaman}}) is an exclusive right of plant breeders to control materials relating to cultivating a unique plant variety.

Protection of plant variety rights is regulated under the 2000 Plant Variety Protection Act ({{Lang|id|Undang-Undang No. 29/2000 tentang Perlindungan Varietas Tanaman}}).<ref>{{cite act|type=Law|index=29|date=2000|title=Undang-Undang Nomor 29 Tahun 2000 tentang Perlindungan Varietas Tanaman|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/45000/uu-no-29-tahun-2000|language=id}}</ref>

'''Communal IPs'''

With the ratification of [[Nagoya Protocol]], Indonesian IP protection laws beginning to acknowledge communal rights over certain IPs, such as: (1) Expressions of traditional cultures, (2) Traditional knowledge, and (3) Genetic resources. In addition, potential GI rights can be applied under a communal rights belonging to a community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=K.I. Komunal|url=https://www.dgip.go.id/menu-utama/ki-komunal/pengenalan|access-date=2022-01-08|website=www.dgip.go.id}}</ref>

Communal IP protection is regulated under the 2017 Law and Human Rights Ministerial Regulation on Communal Intellectual Property Data.<ref>{{cite act|type=Ministry of Laws and Human Rights Regulation|index=13|date=2017|title=Permenkumham No. 13 Tahun 2017 tentang Data Kekayaan Intelektual Komunal|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/133194/permenkumham-no-13-tahun-2017|language=id}}</ref>

== Nationality law ==
{{Main|Indonesian nationality law}}

== International law and treaties ==
Rules and regulations regarding the application of [[international law]]s in Indonesia are based in the Art. 11 of the Constitution, the 2000 Treaties Act ({{lang|id|Undang-Undang Nomor 24 Tahun 2000 tentang Perjanjian Internasional}}) and 2018 Constitutional Court decision on the Act.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> International [[Treaty|treaties]], following its signature or accession by authorized Indonesian officials, need to be debated by the [[People's Representative Council]] and ratified into acts. Treaties concerning these following subjects must be ratified by acts:

* Political issues, peace agreements, and matters of national defense and security;
* Territorial changes or border delimitation of Indonesian territory;
* Indonesian sovereignty or sovereign rights;
* Basic human rights and the environment;
* Formation of new legal norms; and
* Foreign loans and/or grants.

Some treaties, however, can be ratified using only presidential regulations, if the subjects of the treaties are not concerning the points mentioned above, or if said treaties are mere procedural and do not need any form of ratification into national legislations (i.e. protocols to a treaty).

==Problems with the system==
There are still many problems with the legal system in Indonesia. Many laws and regulations conflict with each other, and because the legal system (including the courts) sometimes does not operate effectively, it can be difficult to resolve these conflicts. Further, the rule of law in Indonesia is often undermined by rife [[corruption in Indonesia|corruption]] among the nation's judiciary and law enforcers.<ref>Josua Gantan, '[http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/rule-law-seen-indonesias-achilles-heel Rule of Law Seen as Indonesia's Achilles Heel'], ''The Jakarta Globe'', 17 April 2014.</ref>

===Resources===

The overall legal system is badly under resourced, both in the public sector and the private sector which provides many services to clients.  For example, in early 2015 it was reported that there was a severe shortage of judges which was particularly affecting the operations of district courts ({{lang|id|pengadilan negeri}}).  It was reported that around 250 new judges were needed each year but that no new judges had been appointed for four years.  At the time, Indonesia was reported to have a total of around 8,300 judges but that around an additional 1,000 judges were needed to fill the backlog.<ref>Fedina S. Sundaryani, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/02/26/judiciary-facing-severe-shortage-judges.html Judiciary facing 'severe'shortage of judges'], ''The Jakarta Post'', 26 February 2015.</ref>

The Indonesian government and professional lawyers in Indonesia are well-aware of these problems and are working, over time, to improve the system.<ref>Tony Budidjaja, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/04/11/the-future-indonesia-s-legal-profession-a-lawyer-s-perspective.html The future of Indonesia's legal profession: A lawyer's perspective'], ''The Jakarta Post'', 11 April 2013.</ref>

== Notes ==
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==See also==
*[[Law enforcement in Indonesia]]
*[[Indonesian criminal procedure]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.greengazette.id Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia &mdash; the government gazette of Indonesia.]
* [http://www.kemenkumham.go.id/ General Directorate of Laws, Indonesia Ministry of Justice and Human Rights] &mdash; provides Indonesia bills, the State Gazette, the State Reports, and other government regulations.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120123163534/http://www.aseanlawassociation.org/legal-indonesia.html ASEAN Law Association, Indonesia front page]

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