JAKARTA: Indonesia's legislature passed on Tuesday a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code that criminalizes extramarital sex and applies to both citizens and visiting foreigners, after a parliamentary task force finalized the measure last month.

According to Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister Edward Hiariej, the president must sign the new criminal code after it is ratified. The code will not apply immediately, but will take a maximum of three years to transition from the old one.

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