 Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday voted for new laws to ban sex outside of marriage.The new measure also bans people from insulting the president and government.Once in force, the bans will affect foreign visitors as well as citizens.But a government official said the new laws will not be in place for several years.The amended law says sex outside marriage is punishable by a year in jail.And unmarried couples living together will face six months in prison.The law keeps a previous ban on abortion, a medical procedure to end a pregnancy.该法律保留了之前对堕胎的禁令,堕胎是一种终止怀孕的医疗程序。But
the changes add exceptions already provided in a 2004 Medical Practice
Law, for women with life-threatening medical conditions and rape,
provided that the fetus is less than 12 weeks old.但这些变化增加了2004年《医疗实践法》中已经规定的例外情况,即患有危及生命的疾病和被强奸的妇女,前提是胎儿小于12周。The law still permits the death penalty, even though some groups pushed for its removal.It restores a ban on insulting a sitting president, vice president, as well as government or national ideology.该法案恢复了禁止侮辱现任总统、副总统以及政府或国家意识形态的禁令。Insults to a sitting president could lead up to three years in jail.The change expands an existing blasphemy law.Indonesia's President Joko Widodo is expected to sign the new laws.Even if he does not sign it, they will take effect after 30 days.But
Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights for Indonesia Edward Hiariej
said the law will not be enforced for up to three years.但是印尼法律和人权部副部长爱德华·希亚里耶表示,这项法律在三年内不会实施。He noted that enforcement measures 'must be worked out' and could not be done in one year.
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