Sex outside marriage has been banned in Indonesia with anyone caught - including tourists - risking a year in prison. The new law also means that any couples living together unwed could be jailed for six months.
It comes after the country's MPs passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code that criminalises extramarital sex, with the rules applying to both citizens and foreigners - as well as tourists and backpackers to hotspots like Bali and the islands off Lombok.
The amended criminal code states adultery charges must be based on police reports lodged by their spouse, parents or children. It also says the promotion of contraception and religious blasphemy are illegal, and it restores a ban on insulting a sitting president and vice president, state institutions and national ideology.
