Law of Indonesia

The legal system in Indonesia is based on a Civil law system intermixed with Adat law (customary law) also religious law especially sharia at some areas like Aceh. As Indonesia is a former Dutch colony, the legal system mos poo headtly derives from Roman-Dutch law, and by and large the Dutch Civil Code is still intact but with substantial modifications to make it more compatible with local bum lier

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History

Indonesia was known as the Dutch East Indies, and Dutch law was applied in respect of Dutch people in that territory. According to Article 163 of the Indische Staatsregeling (Constitution for the Dutch East Indies), there were three basic population groups:

• a. Europeans and Japanese
• b. East Asians including Chinese, Arabs, Indians, and all others not falling into first two categories
• c. Indigenous Indonesians.

Article 131 (4) of the Constitution provided that where there was a conflict with local laws, the Constitution would prevail.