Regional Autonomy: the Legal Consequences
Twenty years in the making, the recently drafted Criminal Code Bill has been criticized for accommodating Islamic law. Should regional law be permitted to conflict with national law?
January 15, 2002
Indonesia may shortly have its own Criminal Code. Upon enactment of the new code, the current Criminal Code (KUHP), which was inherited from the Dutch at the end of the 19th century and enacted into Indonesian law in 1918, will become redundant. The Ministry of Justice & Human Rights is expected to soon finalize the Criminal Code Bill. The bill is slated for submission to the president at the end of January 2002. From there, it will be su
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