Lodgings and Hotels Take Note: Police Officers Can Now Demand Data on Foreign Nationals

Following the issuance of two key Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi -
“MK”) decisions, specifically Decision No. 40/PUU-IX/2011 (“Decision 40/2011”) and Decision No. 64/PUU-IX/2011 (“Decision 64/2011”) (collectively referred to as “MK Decisions”), several articles set out under Law No. 6 of 2011 on Immigration, as amended several times, most recently through the issuance of Regulation of the Government in Lieu of Law No. 2 of 2022 on Job Creation (collectively referred to as “Law 6/2011”) have now been revoked and repealed. As a consequence and in response to these two MK Decisions, the government has issued Law No. 63 of 2024 on the Third Amendment to Law 6/2011 (“Third Amendment”), which has been in force since 17 October 2024.[1]