Drinker jailed for 2 years or fined



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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

Prohibition law plan Alcoholic drinks (RUU Minol) regulates criminal penalties for drinkers or people who consume alcoholic beverages, in the form of offender maximum imprisonment of two years or a maximum fine of IDR 50 million.

The penal sanctions or fines are contained in article 20 Chapter VI relative to the Penal Provisions of the Minol Law Project.

“Any person who consumes alcoholic beverages referred to in article 7 shall be sentenced to a prison term of at least three months and a maximum of two years or a fine of at least 10 million rupees and a maximum of 50 million rupees. “reads the draft regulation downloaded from the website. DPR.


Article 7 Chapter III relative to the aforementioned prohibition regulates that every person is prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages of class A, group B, class C, traditional alcoholic beverages and mixed or elaborated alcoholic beverages.

Criminal penalties and fines for drinkers can be added if the person in question is considered to be a disturbing public order or threatening the safety of others.

As indicated in article 21, point 1, chapter VI, regarding the criminal provisions of the Minol bill, the prison sentence for drinking minol that disrupts public order or threatens the safety of others is increased to a maximum of five years or a maximum fine of Rs 100 million.

Even in article 21, point 2), it is established that if it is proven that the minol drinker has killed the life of another person, the sentence will be added to one third of the basic sentence.

In addition to drinkers, the Minol Bill also regulates the threat of penalties for people who produce, import, store, distribute and sell mineral oil.

Article 18, Chapter VI of the criminal provisions of the Minol Bill states that a person who produces minol can be imprisoned for a maximum of 10 years or a maximum fine of Rs 1 billion.

Meanwhile, Article 19 Chapter VI of the Penal Provisions of the Minol Bill stipulates that persons who enter, store, distribute and sell minol may be subject to a maximum prison sentence of 10 years or a maximum fine of 1,000 million rupees.

The Minol Bill also regulates three classifications of minol based on their ethanol content, to be precise in Article 4 Chapter II regarding the classification.

The plan states that Group A alcoholic beverages have an ethanol rating of 1 to 5 percent, Group B minol has an ethanol rating of 5 to 20 percent, and Group C minol has an ethanol rating. 20 to 55 percent.

Even so, the prohibition on the community to produce, import, store, distribute, sell, and consume mineral oil does not apply to various purposes.

Article 8, point 2), chapter III regarding the prohibition, establishes that the exception to the Minol bill is granted for the interests of customs, religious rituals, tourists, pharmacies and places allowed by legal regulations .

In response to the Minol bill, the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) warned of the possibility of excessive criminalization that could occur if this draft regulation is passed into law.

On this basis, ICJR Executive Director Erasmus Napitupulu considered that the Minol Bill did not need to be discussed by DPR.

“The approach to ban alcoholic beverages may have a negative impact on criminal justice in Indonesia,” Erasmus said in an ICJR statement on Wednesday (11/11).

Infographics on the new alcohol regulationsInfographics on the new regulations on alcohol. (Photo: Laudy Gracivia)

After reading the draft ban on Minolism that is available on the DPR website, Erasmus assessed that the proposed law would use a prohibitionist approach.

Still, one of the Minol Bill proponents from the PPP faction, Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal, said that the Minol Bill was claimed to protect the community from negative impacts and increase public awareness of the dangers of Minol.

“The bill aims to protect the public from negative impacts, create order and peace in society against alcohol consumption,” Illiza told CNNIndonesia.com, Wednesday (11/11).

CNNIndonesia.com has tried to confirm the veracity of the Minol Bill to various members of the board, but has not received confirmation that this news has been released.

(mts / nma)

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