Public Space Organizers to Bring Order on Smoking-Prohibited Area Regulation

The Governor of Jakarta has issued Regulation No. 50 of 2012 on Guidelines on the Promotion, Supervision, and Law Enforcement of Smoking-Prohibited Areas (“Regulation”) with the purpose of implementing Smoking-Prohibited Areas in an effective and efficient manner. This Regulation only applies in the Jakarta Province.

The Regulation is of interest to businesses and organizers of public spaces where their premises are considered as smoking-prohibited areas, which include working spaces, educational places, health services places, public transportation, children activities spaces, and prayer areas (Art. 1(44)).  The Regulation covers public space organizers, not individual smokers. Sanctions for Individual smokers are covered in Article 41 (2) of Jakarta Regional Regulation No. 2 of 2005 on Air Pollution Control.