Overview 

It has been six years now since the 2013 version of the Draft Bill on Land (“Draft Bill 2013”) was issued and was included in the 2009 - 2014 National Legislative Program (“Prolegnas”). The bill has still not passed into law and earlier this year (2019), a new version of the Draft Bill on Land (“Draft Bill”)[1] was issued.[2] The House of Representatives (“House”) stressed recently that the Draft Bill was currently being finalized before being passed into law. Moreover, according to the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of National Land Agency (“Ministry of ATR/BPN”), Himawan Arief Sugoto, deliberations of the bill are being expedited in accordance with the wishes of President Joko Widodo.[3]