The New Bill on the Establishment of Laws and Regulations

The House of Representatives (DPR) has passed a new Bill on the Establishment of Laws and Regulations (“Bill”) serving to replace and repeal the previous Law on the same issue, respectively Law No. 10 of 2004 on the same issue (“Law 10/2004”).

The Bill is aimed at fulfilling the society’s need towards a proper legislation of laws and regulations, thus enabling Indonesia to realize the “Recht Staat” maxim. The Bill consists of 13 chapters and 104 articles. It is relatively broader and more specific compared to the Law 10/2004, which consisted of 13 chapters and only 58 articles.

Under Article 7 of the new Bill, the Congress’ Decree (Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat – Tap MPR), is now listed as a legislation product. With the incorporation of Tap MPR, the hierarchy and types of legislation products are as follows: