Indonesia Passes Law Criminalising Sex Outside Marriage: What We Know

The Indonesian Parliament unanimously passed a law on Tuesday, 6 December, banning sex outside of marriage, including pre-marital sex. The new criminal code would legally ban anyone in Indonesia from having an extramarital affair. 

Earlier, Indonesian law banned adultery but not pre-marital sex.

The big points:

• The law says that the ‘crime’ can only be reported by a parent, spouse, or children of the offenders. 

• The law also bans ‘insulting’ the government institutions and the president, protesting without proper notifications as well as spreading any views countering the ones that the government holds.