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This regional regulation makes amendments to the sanctions section of Banjarmasin Municipal Regulation No. 13 of 2003.

This regional regulation prohibits places of entertainment, restaurants, kiosks (warung, rombong), and the like, from opening during the month of Ramadan. It similarly prohibits eating, drinking and/or smoking in restaurants, kiosks, and the like, from sunrise to sundown. Exceptions to the rule are:

1. Restaurants opening from 5 pm preparing to serve patrons breaking the fast;
2. Markets opening from 3 pm preparing to serve patrons breaking the fast;
3. Hotels and restaurants that serve international guests, after obtaining special dispensation from the Mayor, based on the consideration of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) (this does not apply to places of entertainment that serve international guests).

The Regulation permits its implementation to be monitored by police and law enforcement agencies. Contravention of these provisions can warrant a prison sentence of, at most, 6 months and/or a fine of as much as 5 million rupiah. Contravention of the exceptions can result in a prison sentence of, at most, 10 days and/or a fine of as much as 100,000 rupiah. These sanctions were subsequently amended in Banjarmasin Municipal Regulation No. 4 of 2005.

This regional regulation prohibits prostitution and sexual promiscuity for money, goods or services in the regency of Way Kanan. It prohibits all persons and legal entities from carrying out prostitution, and from facilitating it through ancillary means. Its preamble states that prostitution is contrary to religious values, morality, and communal traditional customs. The regulation also places on all persons with knowledge of such practices to report them to authorised personnel. Contravention of this regulation can result in a prison sentence of, at most, six months, or a fine of as much as IDR 3 million. For recidivists (persons who have contravened the regulation again within one year), their punishment will be one-third additionally severe if the sentence is a prison term, or one-half additionally severe if the punishment handed down is a fine.

This regional regulation acknowledges in its preamble that one of its purposes is to anticipate the negative impact the increased distribution of alcohol would have on the people of Banjarmasin. Among other provisions and conditions, it prohibits all activities related to the distribution of alcohol, and obligates the people of Banjarmasin to report to law enforcement agencies any such activities as they become aware of them. It also guarantees their confidentiality and legal protection should they make such a report. Contravention of these prohibitions can result in six months imprisonment or a fine of up to IDR 50 million, as well as seizure and destruction of the alcoholic beverages subject of the sanction.

This statute provides amendments to Law No. 14 of 1970 on Judicial Authority Principles. Specifically, the amendments set in motion the gradual transfer (over a five-year period) of judicial bodies to become under the control of the Supreme Court (Mahkamah Agung) organisationally, administratively, and financially. The amendments also provide that group criminal activity committed by officers of the court is to be adjudicated by the civil judiciary, unless the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, by official decree (Keputusan), believes the conduct should be adjudicated by a military court.

This statute on criminal procedure replaced Het Herziene Inlandsch Reglement (the Revised Internal Rules and Regulations) (Staatsblad of 1941 No. 44). Among other topics, it regulates criminal investigation, investigators, prosecution of crimes, arrest, detention, body searches, home inspections, seizures and search warrants, suspects and those accused of having committed crimes, legal aid, the content of crime reports, as well courts with the authority to adjudicate criminal trials.

This regional regulation makes provision for the cleanliness and veneers of buildings, roads, parks, public spaces, shops, and terminals.

This regional regulation makes provision for public order in Tasikmalaya, including protecting the right to worship and to conduct religious activities. Specifically, it prohibits conduct that contravenes religious norms, morality, and/or traditional local custom/culture, such as prostitution, discotheques, night clubs, and the like. The regulation also obliges persons to worship in accordance with the teachings of their respective religions and convictions. It also prohibits, among others:

1. making alcoholic beverages available, except for certain religious activities;
2. eating, drinking and the like in public spaces during the month of Ramadhan; and
3. offending, harassing or deriding religious symbols.

This statute defines a psychotropic as a substance or medicine, either natural or synthetic, that is not a narcotic, that has a psychoative effect on the nervous system, causing particular changes in a person's mental activity and behaviour. The statute regulates, among other psychotropic-related topics, the production, dissemination, transfer, exportation and importation, transportation, labelling, and government monitoring, of psychotropics.

This statute defines what is meant by narcotics, and, among other narcotics-related topics, regulates its production, importation and exportation, dissemination, storage and reportage, government monitoring, treatment and rehabilitation, distruction, and criminal investigations into narcotics-related crime. The statute was subsequently replaced by Law No. 35 of 2009.

This statute regulates the protection of witnesses and victims of crime, and the agency whose responsibility it is to ensure witnesses and victims of crime are afforded the necessary protections.

This statute prohibits human trafficking activities, as well as activities related to human trafficking, and sets in place severe monetary penalties and prison sentences for offenders.

Originally sourced from the Dutch colonial criminal code (Wetboek van Strafrecht voor Nederlandsh-Indie), the Criminal Code's relevance to the application of shari'a in Indonesia, among others, lies in the wording of art 156a. Article 156a prescribes up to five years' imprisonment for any person who intentionally, in public, expresses a feeling or conducts themselves in a way that:

1. is hostile, abusive, or defamatory towards a religion followed in Indonesia; or
2. intends to discourage persons from embracing a religion based on the belief in One Almighty God.

The Criminal Code is also referred to in some religious court (pengadilan agama) decisions, and already covers certain parts of the criminal law that Acehnese regional legislation (qanun) seeks to regulate.

This Supreme Court decision upheld Decision: 69/PID.B/2012/PN.Spg of the Sampang State Court to imprison Tajul Muluk, a member of the Shi'a Muslim community in Madura. Tajul's four year prison sentence was upheld for allegedly teaching his students 'unorthodox' religious teachings, including questioning the authenticity of the Qur'an in its current form. Tajul and multiple witnesses disputed and denied the allegations.

The court sentenced Tajul Muluk, a member of the Shi'a Muslim community in Madura, to two years' prison for conducting himself in a manner that defamed Islam. Tajul was found guilty of teaching his students 'unorthodox' religious teachings, including questioning the authenticity of the Qur'an in its current form. Tajul and multiple witnesses disputed and denied the allegations, but the court found him in contravention of the Defamation of Religion Law, regardless.

The prosecution would appeal the leniency of the sentence before the higher court of East Java, which subsequently increased Tajul's sentence from two years to four. This four year sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in Decision 1787 of 2012.

This joint decree, based on Law No. 1 of 1965 on Prevention of Abuse and/or Defamation of Religion, warns and orders adherents, members, and/or organisational members of Jemaat Ahmadiyah Indonesia, to cease the dissemination of their religious interpretations and activities that 'deviate' from the fundamental tenets of Islam. Failure to abide by the decree may result in disturbing the peace and social order and can, therefore, result in sanctions.

This circular outlines the implementational requirements of different levels of government vis-a-vis the Joint Decree of the Minister of Religion, Attorney-General and Internal Affairs Minister No. 3 of 2008, which dramatically curbed the public practice and dissemination of so-called 'deviant' beliefs and teachings of the Jemaat Ahmadiyah Indonesia.

The primary purpose of this presidential determination is captured in art 1, which prohibits all persons from intentionally and publicly conveying, endorsing, or soliciting public support for an interpretation of a religion followed in Indonesia, or conducting religious activities that resemble the religious activities of that religion, where such interpretation and activities deviate from the fundamental tenets of that religion. Article 4 also amends the Indonesian Criminal Code to include art 156a, thereby criminalising such behaviour.

The elucidation lists the six religions to which the vast majority of Indonesians adhere: Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The elucidation clarifies, however, that this list is not exhaustive, and that other religions such as Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Shintoism, and Taoism are not prohibited. That said, the list of religions to which the vast majority of Indonesians adhere would subsequently become the base definition for the term 'religion' in Indonesia.

This presidential determination was later exalted to the status of a statute (undang-undang) after the enactment of Law No. 5 of 1969 on the Declaration of Various Presidential Determinations and Presidential Regulations as Laws.

This Constitutional Court review of Law No. 1 of 1965 on the Prevention of Abuse and/or Defamation of Religion concluded that while a person’s religious beliefs are part of their inner freedom of religion (forum internum), for the sake of peace and social order, when stated publicly, those interpretations must accord with the basic tenets of that religion, and the scriptures of that religion. It is in these cases that restrictions on religious interpretation may be enforced.