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Article 412 provides that couples who reside together “as husband and wife†without being legally married could be sentenced to 6 months in jail. This article can additionally be used to target non secular minorities and the tens of millions of Indonesians, including Indigenous folks and Muslims in rural areas, because researchers estimate that as many ashalf of all Indonesian couplesdo not marry legally due to difficulties in registering the marriage. They embrace members of tons of of unrecognized religions including Baha’i, Ahmadi, and local religions, as nicely as individuals in distant regencies and islands. It also could presumably be used in opposition to LGBT people who under Indonesian law aren’t permitted to get married. Article 2 acknowledges “any living law†in Indonesia, which could be interpreted to incorporate hukum adat and Sharia laws at the native degree.
