The Law on Law Formulation (, UU PPP) or officially titled Law No. 13/2022 in regards of Second Amendment of Law No. 12/2011 on Law Formulation () is a law that enables formulation of
omnibus law
An omnibus bill is a proposed law that covers a number of diverse or unrelated topics. ''Omnibus'' is derived from Latin and means "to, for, by, with or from everything". An omnibus bill is a single document that is accepted in a single vote by a ...
in Indonesia.
History
After
Constitutional Court decided the
Omnibus Law on Job Creation
The Job Creation Act ( id, UU Cipta Kerja), officially Law Number 11/2020 on Job Creation (''Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2020 Tentang Cipta Kerja'', or UU 11/2020), is a bill that was passed on 5 October 2020 by Indonesia's People's Represent ...
is "conditionally unconstitutional", the court ordered the government and the
People's Representative Council
The People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, DPR-RI), also known as the House of Representatives, is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), ...
(DPR) to "repair" the law from issues surrounding it over two years. The government and People's Representative Council shall not issue any derivative laws based on this law. If the law isn't rectified in two years, it will be declared void and any amendments made to it will be undone. Among issues regarding the law was because the law is made omnibus, in which not recognized by Indonesian law making system which regulated thru Law No. 12/2011 on Law Formulation () and its amendment Law No. 15/2019 in regards of Amendment of Law No. 12/2011 on Law Formulation ().
In order to safe the law and also other omnibus bills, in response of the Constitutional Court's decision, DPR swiftly made the bill for revision of the laws. The bill drafters were from DPR's Board of Experts, led by Dr. Inosentius Samsul as chief bill drafter. The bill addressed to 15 issues in Indonesian law making system which make omnibus law making in Indonesia is impossible.
The bill of law passed on 24 May 2022 by the DPR, commenced on 16 June 2022, and finally published on 20 June 2022.
Major changes to Indonesian law making system
The law make changes to Indonesian law making system, such as:
* Promulgation of President-signed law products such as Indonesian Laws, Government Regulation, and Presidential Decrees are no longer vested to
Ministry of Law and Human Rights after this law issued. The promulgation powers are transferred and vested to
State Secretary.
* Mechanisms on formulation for omnibus law making.
* Provided limited technical fixing if the law product contain technical error(s) such as typos. Major errors like substantial or content error are not possible to fix any way, except must be undone and made new.
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Electronic signing for law products are legalized and validated by this law. Prior this, the law products were required to be signed with wet ink.
External links
All links are Indonesian.
Presentation of Dr. Inosentius Samsul, chief bill drafterAcademic Draft of Bill on Law FormulationBill on Law FormulationLaw on Law Formulation
References
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