The 2014 Decree aims to accelerate the time for processing cassation (kasasi) petitions and case review (peninjauan kembali) applications at the Supreme Court. This will be achieved by setting the maximum time period for handling cases for each processing stages at the Supreme Court. Additionally, the Chief Justice also instructs specific cases to be settled faster than other cases.
The 172/2014 Regulation provides special tax concessions for advertisers of products or services that use Light Emitting Diodes (LED) panels; stickers; flyers; moving vehicles; aerial and floating advertisements; audio advertisements; films/slides in movie theaters; and demonstration advertisements.
The Minister of Law and Human Rights (?Minister?) has issued Regulation No. 27 of 2014 on Technical Procedures for Granting, Extending, Denying, Terminating and Expiration of Visitor Resident Permit , Limited Resident Permit, and Permanent Resident Permit, and Exemption from Securing Resident Permit (?2014 Regulation?).
The Government has issued Government Regulation No. 76 of 2014 on Countertrade Mechanisms for Procuring Security and Defense Equipment from Overseas (?Regulation?), as the implementation of Article 43 (9) of Law No. 16 of 2012 on Defense Industry (?Defense Industry Law?).
Presidential Regulation No. 87 of 2014 (?2014 Regulation?) on Implementing Regulation of Law No. 12 of 2011 on the Establishment of Laws and Regulations (?12/2011 Law?), was recently issued to provide further details on the procedures for formulating laws and regulations, covering the procedures to initiate, debate, and pass laws and regulations.
The Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs (?Minister?) has issued Regulation No. 69 of 2014 on Licenses for Non-Formal Education with Foreign Investment (?Regulation?). The Regulation is relevant to providers of vocational education training (?Providers?), specifically those funded with foreign capital.
Minister of Health (?Minister?) Regulation No. 49 of 2014 on Nutrition, Labeling, and Advertisement Standards for Development Formula and Development Formula for 1 to 3 Year Old Children (?Regulation?), was recently issued to protect infants from low nutrition formula that is advertised and distributed in Indonesia.
The Minister of Interior Affairs has issued Regulation No. 52 of 2014 on Guidelines for the Acknowledgment and Protection of Customary Law Societies (?Regulation?). The Regulations aims to protect existing customary societies (masyarakat hukum adat) (?Adat Groups?) throughout Indonesia.
The 2014 Regulation provides technical guidelines for businesses in entering cooperation contracts with the Jakarta regional government (?Regional Government?) to organize parking facilities in Jakarta. More specifically, the 2014 Regulation sets out the process for appointing parking facility organizers, as well as content for cooperation arrangements including the types of contracts that may be entered.
In an effort to provide a strong legal basis to support Indonesia?s cultural diversity, the House of Representatives has initiated discussions on a Draft Bill on Culture (?Draft Bill?).