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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”.

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