400 old laws to be revised<\/p>\n
BANDUNG, West Java (JP): The government plans to revise 400
\nlaws made during the Dutch colonial era because they are no
\nlonger suitable, an official says.<\/p>\n
Chief of the Agency for National Legal Development Sunaryati
\nHartono said on Saturday the laws would still be used until
\nsubstitutes are ready.<\/p>\n
The laws include gubernatorial decrees dating back to the
\nperiod of the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration between
\n1945 and 1950.<\/p>\n
"The laws are used simply because there are no alternatives,"
\nshe said in a seminar at the Parahiyangan University. She added
\nthat some laws might be scrapped, amended or replaced so as to
\nfit the current need.<\/p>\n
Outdated laws have long been come under public scrutiny but
\nonly a few have been revised.<\/p>\n
Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman conceded last week that
\n"many" Indonesian laws needed revising because they no longer
\nconformed with current demand for justice and legal certainty.<\/p>\n
Sunaryati said that many prevailing laws, passed either during
\nthe colonial era or after it, run foul with public interests
\nlargely because the law makers failed to consult with local
\nexperts during the drafting process.<\/p>\n
The law makers only paid attention to legal systems in other
\ncountries but lack knowledge of local society, she said.<\/p>\n
"They generally learn only from foreign reference books and
\nrarely do they study those written by local experts. When a law
\nis passed, they are surprised to learn that people reject it,"
\nshe said.(pet\/pan)<\/p>",
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