Law No 1 of 1974 on Marriage (‘1974 Marriage Law’).
2.
Article 2(2), 1974 Marriage Law.
3.
NurlaelawatiEuis, Modernization, Tradition and Identity (Amsterdam University Press, 2010).
4.
ButtSimon, ‘Polygamy and Mixed Marriage in Indonesia: Islam and the Marriage Law in the Courts’ in LindseyTim (ed), Indonesia: Law and Society (Federation, 2nd ed, 2008); and PompeSebastian, ‘A Short Note on Some Recent Developments With Regard to Mixed Marriages in Indonesia’ (1991) 2e & 3eBijdragen Tot De Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde261.
5.
Indonesia's religious courts (peradilan agama) hear disputes between Muslims and are, therefore, often referred to as Islamic courts. Their jurisdiction is largely limited to family law issues and matters of Islamic finance: ButtSimon, ‘Islam, the state and the Constitutional Court in Indonesia’ (2010) 19(2) Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal279. In practice, the vast majority of their cases are applications for divorce brought by women: SumnerCate and LindseyTim, Courting Reform: Indonesia's Islamic Courts and Justice for the Poor (Lowy Institute, 2010).
6.
The fine is Rp7,500 (less than AUD 1) under Article 40, Government Regulation No 9 of 1975.
7.
See Article 282, Civil Code (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Perdata, known in its original Dutch as Burgelijk Wetboek).
Constitutional Court Decision No 46/PUU-VIII/2010, [3.13].
10.
For a further discussion on the concepts of conditional constitutionality and conditional unconstitutionality in the Indonesian context, see ButtSimon and LindseyTim, The Constitution of Indonesia: A contextual analysis (Hart, 2012).
11.
Constitutional Court Decision No 46/PUU-VIII/2010, [3.13].
12.
Constitutional Court Decision No 46/PUU-VIII/2010, [6.6].
13.
PramudatamaRabby, ‘Constitutional Court affirms “illegitimate” children's rights’, Jakarta Post (Jakarta), 18 February 2012.
14.
Indonesia's religious courts hear disputes between Muslims, primarily about family law, including marriage and inheritance. These courts hear the bulk of the paternity and inheritance cases because around 88% of Indonesia's population call themselves Muslim. Those of other religions fall under the jurisdiction of the general courts, which will usually apply the Civil Code and Marriage Law.
15.
LindseyTim, Islam and the Law in Southeast Asia: Indonesia: Volume I (IBTauris, 2012) (forthcoming); WahidMarzuki, ‘Pembaharuan Hukum Keluarga Islam Pasca Orde Baru dalam Pendekatan Politik: Studi Kasus CLD-KHI’, in WahidMarzuki and MukhtarNaqiyah (eds), Generasi Baru Peneliti Muslim Indonesia: Kajian Islam Dalam Ragam Pendekatan (Stain Press, 2010). Cf Nurlaelawati, above n 3.
16.
See, eg, the decisions mentioned in ButtSimon, ‘“Unlawfulness” and corruption under Indonesian law’ (2009) 45(2) Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies207–26.
