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One of the customary marriage procedures that is still visible today is marriage that is not registered with the authorized official or is called siri marriage. This marriage is only carried out in front of a marriage officiant or religious expert by fulfilling Islamic law so that this marriage is not registered at the office authorized for it. [3]
Indonesian military personnel are only permitted to practice polygamy if their religion allows it. [4] Additionally, he must prove to the government that his first wife is unable to carry out her duties as a wife. [5] Polygamy under Balinese Hinduism is sanctioned and unrestricted, but the marriage is regulated by adat (traditional customs). [1]
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. [39]
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.'
Most controversially, the new laws banned sex outside of marriage, prohibited cohabitation before marriage and criminalized insulting a sitting president, among other measures, The Jakarta Post ...
Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously passed a long-awaited revision of the country's penal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside of marriage for citizens as well as foreigners, prohibits ...
Every person shall have the right to establish a family and to procreate based upon lawful marriage. [a] Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States in June 2015, proponents, including singer Sherina Munaf, posted celebratory messages on social media and many highlighted their Facebook profile pictures with rainbow filters.
In a move to curb child marriage in Indonesia, the minimum marriage age for girls in Indonesia was raised to 19 in 2019, equalizing it to that of males. Previously, under the 1974 marriage law, the marriage age for girls was 16, and there was no minimum with judicial consent. [223] [224]