New legislation: Sex outside the marriage will be criminalized with jail sentence in this country
Published December 3, 2022 | By NewsJive.com
Cheating on your spouse by having sex outside the marriage, will now be criminalized in Indonesia.
The Indonesian parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code, that will penalise sex outside marriage, Reuters reports.
Cheating spouses may now face up to one year in prison as a punishmet, in accordance with the new bill that is expected to be passed on December 15, Indonesia’s deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, told Reuters, and added, “We’re proud to have a criminal code that’s in line with Indonesian values”.