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Indonesia
· Hukum Pidana
Indonesian Criminal Code
Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP)
Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 2023
UU No. 1 Tahun 2023; mulai berlaku 2 Januari 2026, menggantikan KUHP lama (Wetboek van Strafrecht).
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Bahasa Indonesia
Key Subject Matter
KUHP baru (UU No. 1 Tahun 2023) adalah kodifikasi hukum pidana nasional yang menggantikan Wetboek van Strafrecht warisan kolonial, berlaku sejak 2 Januari 2026. Memuat asas legalitas, pengakuan hukum yang hidup dalam masyarakat, jenis pidana dan tindakan, serta pembaruan terhadap tindak pidana terhadap negara, kesusilaan, dan korporasi.
English (British)
Key Subject Matter
The new Criminal Code (Law No. 1 of 2023) is Indonesia's national codification of criminal law, replacing the colonial-era Wetboek van Strafrecht and in force from 2 January 2026. It sets out the principle of legality, recognition of living law in society, the system of punishments and measures, and a modernised treatment of offences against the State, public morality and corporations.
INKRAH Note
Note the transitional arrangements and the implementing regulations that accompany it; several provisions have drawn public debate and may be tested before the Constitutional Court.
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Article by Article
Buku Kesatu — Asas
Article 1
— Principle of Legality
Bahasa Indonesia(1) Tidak ada suatu perbuatan yang dapat dikenai sanksi pidana dan/atau tindakan kecuali atas kekuatan peraturan pidana dalam peraturan perundang-undangan yang telah ada sebelum perbuatan dilakukan.
(2) Dalam menetapkan adanya tindak pidana dilarang digunakan analogi.
English (British)(1) No act may be subjected to a criminal sanction and/or measure except by virtue of criminal provisions in legislation that existed before the act was committed.
(2) In determining the existence of a criminal offence, the use of analogy is prohibited.
Article 2
— Living Law in Society
Bahasa Indonesia(1) Ketentuan sebagaimana dimaksud dalam Pasal 1 ayat (1) tidak mengurangi berlakunya hukum yang hidup dalam masyarakat yang menentukan bahwa seseorang patut dipidana walaupun perbuatan tersebut tidak diatur dalam Undang-Undang ini.
(2) Hukum yang hidup dalam masyarakat sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (1) berlaku dalam tempat hukum itu hidup dan sepanjang sesuai dengan nilai yang terkandung dalam Pancasila, Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945, hak asasi manusia, dan asas hukum umum yang diakui masyarakat bangsa-bangsa.
English (British)(1) The provision in Article 1(1) does not preclude the application of the law living in society which determines that a person deserves punishment even though the act is not regulated in this Law.
(2) The living law referred to in paragraph (1) applies in the place where that law lives and insofar as it accords with the values contained in Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, human rights, and the general principles of law recognised by the community of nations.
