Global Legal Insights: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2019

Issue 12, July 2023 | This Advisory provides an update on the law’s implementation and its clarification by the Constitutional Court.

Following our firm’s previously published advisory series on the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (the “Job Creation Law”), including among others our overview of the changes to the regulations regarding investment, land, and manpower, this advisory specifically highlights the key provisions of the Job Creation Law on Special Economic Zones amending the following regulations: 1. Law No. 39 of 2009 on Special Economic Zones (“Law 39/2009”); 2. Law No. 36 of 2000 on The Issuance of a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2000 on Free Trade and Free Port Zones to be Law; and 3. Law No. 37 of 2000 on The Issuance of a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 2 of 2000 on Free Trade and Free Port Zones to be Law.

On 29 June 2015, a new regulation on the procedure for employing foreign manpower (ie Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 16 of 2015) entered into force, revoking the previous regulation, Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 12 of 2013.

On 11 October 2018, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs issued a joint notice in their websites requiring limited liability companies to adjust their Business Entity Numbers (Nomor Induk Berusaha –“NIB”) to the 2017 KBLI.