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It is emphasized in the same law in article 7 paragraph 1 which states that marriage is only permitted if the man reaches the age of 19 years and the woman has reached the age of 16 years. [3] If you are still not old enough, Article 7 paragraph 2 explains that a marriage can be legalized by requesting a dispensation from the court or other ...
Law of Indonesia is based on a civil law system, intermixed with local customary law and 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 adat (unwritten, traditional rules still observed in the Indonesian society). [ 1 ]
Article 1 of the Law No. 1 of 1974 on Marriage (Indonesian: Undang-undang No. 1 Tahun 1994 Tentang Perkawinan) states that marriage is "a physical and spiritual bond between a man and a woman as husband and wife, having the purpose of establishing a happy and lasting family founded on the Belief in God Almighty". [12]
What do Indonesia’s new laws say about sex? The new laws criminalize extramarital sex with a potential punishment of up to one year in prison or a fine, Al Jazeera reported. However, only a ...
Later in 2008, the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood proposed to define the minimum age for marriage at 18 years. The law was passed in April 2009, but dropped the following day following maneuvers by opposing parliamentarians. Negotiations to pass the legislation continue. [142]
Postal voting documents sent to an Indonesian voter in the United Kingdom. The voting age for the election is 17, or less if already married. [36] In practice, the Marriage Law 16 of 2019 raised the minimum age of marriage for women from 16 to 19 (in line with men), unless given a dispensation by the Indonesian Supreme Court. [37]
Saudi sex tourists are buying weeklong marriages to young women in Indonesia. It's an economic lifeline for villages. For the women, it's 'torture.'
The 1974 Marriage Law sets the legal age of marriage in Indonesia without parental consent at 21 years old however, girls as young as 16 can marry with parental consent. [41] As of September 2019, an amendment was made to the National Marriage Act (1974) to raise the age of marriage for girls with parental consent to 19 years old. [39]