Overview

One of the 40 draft bills listed under Indonesia’s 2022 Priority National Legislation Program by the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat – “DPR”) is the Draft Bill on Civil Procedural Law (“Draft Bill”).[1] However, it was decided last May that discussions of the Draft Bill were to be extended until the first trial period of the upcoming 2022 - 2023 trial year.[2] In the meantime, the DPR is continuing to welcome input from stakeholders, including advocacy organizations and law school alumni associations.[3] Currently, the most recent version of the Draft Bill that the Hukumonline team has managed to obtain is dated 6 April 2021 and includes a total of 357 articles that span 14 chapters.