2023 Indonesian Criminal Code

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UU Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (UU KUHP)
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People's Representative Council
  • Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2023 tentang Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana
    (Criminal Code Act 2023 c. 1)
CitationAct No. 1/2023
Territorial extentIndonesia
Passed by People's Representative Council
Passed6 December 2022
Commenced2 January 2023
Effective 2 January 2026
Legislative history
Bill titleRUU Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (Bill on Criminal Code)
Amends
21 acts
Repeals
8 acts
including the Wetboek van Strafrecht
Status: Not yet in force

The Criminal Code Act 2023, or the 2023 Indonesian Criminal Code, is the new Indonesian criminal code replacing the Dutch-era code. The law is the most expensive and longest ever made in Indonesia, being more than 50 years in the making since formulation until finally commenced by the Indonesian government. [1]

Contents

The law, however, will be effectively used on 2 January 2026, 3 years after its commencement. [2]

History

Before the law passed, the Dutch-made Criminal Code was used as the Criminal Code for Indonesia. Since 1968, Indonesian lawmakers, law experts, and law researchers have been working on Indonesian-made Criminal Code drafts. Various drafts were made, but never replaced the Code. [3]

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 cultural 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 a series of protests and riots in response, ultimately causing the bill to replace the code to be scrapped. [4] 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. [5] [6]

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 acknowledgment regarding 'living laws' (adat or customary rules) in punishing crimes. In addition, the new code also introduces the concept of "fine categories" similar to that of the Netherlands.

Repealed Laws

Amended Laws

Criticisms

The articles contained several controversial articles:

Crimes against the personal dignity and honor of the sitting president and vice president

Article 218 verse 1 of the code states that any person who attacks the personal dignity and honor of the sitting president and vice president will be punished by 3 years 6 months imprisonment and category IV (200 million rupiah) fine. Despite that, verse 2 Article 218 guarantees that such personal attacks may be permissible if used for defending oneself or committed for good public interest. [7] Although claimed by the pro-democracy as attack of human rights, the law itself limited that such process of the case report only can be processed if the sitting president or vice president filed themselves in personal capability. [8]

Magic and black magic

Article 252 of the code regulated magic and black magic. The verse 1 of the article said that anyone who expressed such ability to perform magic, announcing it, giving hope to people for it, offering and aiding for such service to cause such immense bodily and mental harm, diseases, and death will be punished by 1 year 6 months imprisonment and a category IV (200 million rupiahs) fine. Verse 2 of the article gives additional penalties given by verse 1 to magic and black magic practitioners who make a living on it. [9] This article is controversial, as it is hard to be proven. [10]

Hoaxing and trolling

Hoaxing and trolling are already part of the culture in Indonesia, either pro-government or anti-government alike, and enjoyed by the Indonesian population. Troll "factories" and so-called "cyber armies" have made a living in Indonesia since 2016, making revenue from sowing discord and flooding Internet space with socio-politico-religious misleadings. [11] [12] [13] Article 263 threatened the trolls and hoax makers with 6 years imprisonment. Protesters protested that such regulation threatened what they called as "democracy" and called that "a move to shut the critics". The Ministry of Law and Human Rights condemned the protesters of the article, assured that their criticism is needed for the country, but feeding lies and misleading people are not. The ministry asked people to read the law carefully and stop consuming irresponsible statements. [14] [15] [16]

Personal space invasion by law enforcement

Articles 411 to 413 of the code outlawed domestic partner relationship, cohabitation, and incestuous relationship. [17] For pro-privacy advocates, such regulation may translated as personal space invasion by law enforcement, although the law itself stated that such acts only able to be processed if the report filed by the members of the family. [18] [19] [20] With the code, government expected that local law enforcement will not invade privacy due to being codified and there will be no more local regulation granting sweeping power to their local law enforcement. [21] These articles however, inapplicable for Muslims in Aceh Province, which possessed different law enforcement system granted by the Law No. 11/2006 (On Aceh Province), Wilayatul Hisbah, which is not affected by the code. [17]

Responses

Attacks against government institutions

On 7 December 2022, a suicide bombing incident occurred at a police station in Astana Anyar District, Bandung, West Java. The attacker and one police officer were killed by the explosion, while 11 people were injured, including 3 police officers. Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said that the perpetrator was affiliated to the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) Bandung branch. [22] [23] [24]

Opposition to the passing of the Criminal Code Bill into law was the motive of the bombing, as the motorcycle used by the suicide bomber to reach the police station was adorned by pamphlets condemning the Criminal Code. [25] One of the pamphlets brought by the perpetrator read "KUHP is the law of the mushrik and infidels, declare war to the enforcers of the Devil's Law." The same pamphlet also made reference to verse 29 of Surah At-Tawba, which called for the imposition of jizya to non-Muslims. [26]

Foreign condemnation

The passing of the law was condemned by the governments of Australia, United States, South Korea and even the United Nations, largely for not accommodating LGBT and domestic partnership relation protection and rights, as well as not ensuring enough privacy, equity, religious freedom, journalism and sexuality issues. [27] The European Union also condemned the law due to too much regulations on privacy with emphasis on premarital sex, threatening democracy and freedom of speech, and promotion of Western ideologies in Indonesia. [28] The Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia rejected the claim that the new law contradicts democracy. [29] The deputy minister of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights rejected the international condemnations because the law is considered domestic and should not be compared with Western and international values. [30]

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