Contemporary Primary Sources :: Legislation :: 11 Dhū al-Qaʿda 1433 / 26 September 2012
Kerinci Regency Regulation No. 18 of 2012 on the Eradication of Social Ills
Bupati Kerinci, Posted by Daniel Peterson, 30 June 2016
This regional regulation makes provision for the eradication of social ills. It defines social ills as:
- prostitution (both homosexual and heterosexual in nature);
- drinking and selling alcohol and/or traditional alcoholic beverages;
- opening a food and beverage stall during Ramadhan;
- cock-fighting gambling activities;
- lending money at a particular interest rate, with or without a guarantee, or with unofficial instalments;
- vigilantism;
- posting indecent images in public that contravene traditional and religious norms and mores;
- women or men showing their aurat (parts of the body required to be clothed in public according to Islam);
- toto gelap (number-predicting gaming); and
- being intoxicated in a public place (art 2(1)).
The regulation states that the regent or an appointed officer is authorised to order the cessation of all social ill-related activities, purusant to current regulations and customary/religious norms (art 5(b)). Penalties for such conduct range from IDR 15-50 million and/or three months' imprisonment (art 11).