www.hukumonline.com PENAL CODE OF INDONESIA BOOK I General Provisions CHAPTER I Extent of operation of the statutory penal provisions Article 1 (1) No act shall be punished unless by virtue of a prior statutory penal provision. (2) In case of alteration in the legislation after the date of commission of the act, the most favourable provisions for the accuse shall apply. Article 2 The Indonesian statutory penal provisions are applicable to any person who is guilty of a punishable act within Indonesia. Article 3 The Indonesian statutory penal provisions are applicable to any person who is guilty of a punishable act outside Indonesia on board an Indonesian vessel or aircraft. Article 4 The Indonesian statutory penal provisions are applicable to any person who outside Indonesia is guilty of: 1st, one of the crimes described in articles 104, 106, 107, 108, 110. 111 bis, under 1st, 127 and 131; 2nd-ly, any crime with respect to coin or paper money issued by the State or by the Bank, or with respect to stamps issued and marks used by the Indonesian Government; 3rd-ly, Forgery of debetures of debt certificates changeable to Indonesia, to a region or part of a region, including counterfoils, evidence of dividends and interests belonging to said documents, and certificates issued in lieu of said documents, or the use of such false or forged documents as if it genuine and unfalsified; 4th-ly, one of the crimes described in articles 438, 444-446, as far as they concern piracy, and those crimes described in article 447 relating to the surrender of a vessel to pirates, and article 479j relating to the unlawful exercises of control of aircraft, article 479i, m, n and o relating to crimes which jeopardize the safety of civil aviation. Article 5 (1) The Indonesian statutory penal provisions are applicable to an Indonesian National who outside Indonesia 1 / 117