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A complaint to the New Zealand Advertising Standards Complaints Board about an arguably Orientalist depiction of a Western woman in an Islamic country for a Lux Body Wash ad. The ruling is of interest for its discussion about the depiction of religion and community standards in New Zealand (at the time) and the level of depth to which the Board went into in response.

This provincial regulation regulates zakat (alms) management. The regulation states that alms is based on the Qur'an and Hadith, and that management of alms involves the provision of protection, fostering and service to providers of alms (muzakki), recipients of alms (mustahiq), and parties involved in the collection, storage, protection, registration, and dissemination of alms (amil zakat).

This provincial regulation makes revisions to the language of Aceh Provincial Regulation No. 3 of 2000 on the Creation of the Ulama Consultative Council and its Functions.

This qanun provides slight amendments to Aceh Qanun No. 8 of 2012 on the Wali Nanggroe Institution. For all intents and purposes, the resulting amendments, which only change the wording of some articles slightly, do not make any fundamental functional changes to the original qanun.

This statute regulates non-litigation-type dispute resolution, the forums before which such dispute resolution is conducted, and the procedures implemented therein.

This statute makes amendments to the pre-existing Law No. 23 of 2006 on Population Administration.

This statute, promulgated during the implementation of desentralisasi (decentralisation) following Soeharto's resignation in 1998, regulates the distribution and management of funds between the central government and regional governments, including the responsibilities of regional governments to audit and manage those monies provided to them by the central government.

This replacement law on government regulation regulates gubernatorial, regent, and mayoral elections. These include the registration of candidates, requirements candidates must meet prior to registration, campaigning, voting procedures, and supervision and sanctions applicable to counting and recounting votes. It also regulates the applicable code of ethics, administrative breaches, dispute resolution, criminal conduct, state administrative disputes, and election result disputes.

The four applicants wished to nominate themselves for the then-upcoming elections of regent and deputy-regent of Pidie, Bireun, Aceh Timur, and Simeulue respectively in 2011. Article 256 of Law No. 11 of 2006 on the Governance of Aceh, however, required that individual/independent candidates in regional head elections be nominated by a political party or coalition. In other words, art 256 precluded the nomination of independent candidacy. Therefore, pursuant to art 50 of Law No. 24 of 2003 on the Constitutional Court, the applicants sought to challenge the constitutional validity of art 256 of Law No. 11 of 2006 on the grounds that it contravened arts 18(4), 27(1), 28D(1) and (3), and 28I(2) of the Indonesian Constitution. The applicants also claimed that art 256 contravened art 43 of Law No. 39 of 1999 on Human Rights, which reiterated and elaborated upon art 28D(3) of the Constitution, in regards to every Indonesian citizen being entitled to be elected to a position of political office.

The court acceded to the application, finding art 256 of Law No. 11 of 2006 in contravention of the aforementioned constitutional guarantees and, therefore, rendered it null and void.

This statute acknowledges the development and progress of the province of West Java (Jawa Barat) generally, and that of Tasikmalaya regency specifically, as well as the aspiration of the regency to improve its own welfare and govern itself. It acknowledges the need to increase its own regional administration, development, and societal services autonomously. This need, therefore, necessitates the formation of Tasikmalaya municipality.

The statute distinguishes between the Administrative Municipality of Tasikmalaya (which comprises the sub-districts of Cihideun, Cipedes, and Tawang) and Tasikmalaya regency (which comprises the sub-districts of Indihiang, Kawalu, Cibeureum, Tamansari, and Mangkubumi). Accordingly, the region that was once Tasikmalaya regency no longer includes the region that is now Tasikmalaya municipality. The statute also establishes the Tasikmalaya Municipal Legislature (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kota Tasikmalaya).

The applicant (Lalu Ranggalawe), a Central Lombok Regency Legislature (DPRD) member, submitted an application to the Constitutional Court on 5 February 2007, which he subsequently amended twice on 5 March 2007 and 13 March 2007. His application sought to impugn the validity of certain sections of Law No. 32 of 2004 on Regional Administration vis-à-vis the 1945 Constitution, which precluded him from self-nominating for the then-upcoming 2008 Nusa Tenggara Barat gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial elections. While the applicant was a member of the Reformation Star Party (Partai Bintang Reformasi), he did not expect to be nominated by the party, and, therefore, wished to nominate as an independent candidate. Pursuant to arts 56, 59, and 60 of Law No. 32 of 2004, however, a gubernatorial candidate could only be nominated by a political party or coalition. In other words, independent candidates were not afforded the same opportunity as those nominated by a political party. Accordingly, the applicant submitted that his constitutional rights, as guaranteed by arts 18(4), 27(1), 28D(3), and 28I(2), had been contravened, and that arts 56(2), 59(1)-(5)(a), (5)(c) and (6), 60(2)-(5) should, therefore, be declared null and void.

The majority of the court acceded to the applicant’s submission insofar as it amended art 59 of Law No. 32 of 2004 to allow for the democratic and transparent nomination and election of independent regional head and vice-regional head candidates.

This statute provides a second set of amendments to Law No. 5 of 1986, as already amended by Law No. 9 of 2004, on the conduct and appointment of the judiciary.

This statute provides the first set of amendments to Law No. 5 of 1986 on the conduct and appointment of the judiciary.

The elucidation (penjelasan) to Law No. 9 of 2004 on Amendments to Law No. 5 of 1986 on the State Administration of the Judiciary.

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, which was subsequently amended by Law No. 9 of 2004 and Law No. 51 of 2009, regulates the judiciary, including the structure, appointment, support staff and conduct, thereof and therein.

This statute provides and regulates the basic provisions pursuant to which the Indonesian judiciary adjudicates the cases that come before it. It was subsequently amended by Law No. 35 of 1999, and then replaced by Law No. 4 of 2004.

This statute provides and regulates the basic provisions pursuant to which the Indonesian judiciary adjudicates the cases that come before it. It was subsequently amended by Law No. 14 of 1970.

This presidential decree stipulates the costs for performing the hajj, depending on the point of deparature.

This ministerial regulation makes amendments to Minister of Religion Regulation No. 14 of 2012 on Regular Hajj Administration. The amendments primarily relate to the registration of pilgrims.