Overview
- Key provisions criminalize sex outside marriage on a complaint basis by close relatives and restore penalties for insulting the president and state institutions.
- The code expands blasphemy rules and maintains penalties tied to communist ideology for association and propagation.
- Sentencing policy moves toward alternatives such as community service, mediation and drug rehabilitation to reduce prison overcrowding.
- The death penalty remains but now carries a 10-year probationary period that can allow commutation to life or a term of years for good behavior.
- A companion criminal procedure law introduces updated investigative and trial processes and digital systems, while rights groups warn of privacy and speech risks and JURIST reports reduced anti-corruption penalties and fines.