The ''State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia'' (, ) is the official
government gazette
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of the
Government of Indonesia
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. In issuing laws and regulations, the State Gazette acts as a reference for publication of all forms of announcements, orders, and regulations.
History
In Dutch, this publication is called staatsblad, more fully Het Staatsblad van Nederlandsch-Indië during the
Dutch East Indies
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era and Het Staatsblad van Indonesië during the transitional period. During the era of liberal democracy, it was once known as the State Gazette of the
United States of Indonesia
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, however, after the
Presidential Decree of 5 July 1959, it was reverted to be called the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia.
During the Dutch colonial period, the Staatsblad became a reference for publication of all forms of Announcements, Ordonantie and Reglement. Every year, Staatsblad sheets are collected into a book bundle, and after Indonesia's independence, Staatsblad became known as the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia (LNRI), which is a periodical publication followed by numbering containing information relating to policies, announcements, and laws and regulations published and having the power of coercion over the entire territory of the Republic of Indonesia. Staatsblad and the LNRI are a very important historical documents in which various histories of regulations, policies and/or announcements that occurred during the Dutch colonial period are recorded.
Current publication
Notices for the following, among others, are published:
* Enactment of bills of the
Indonesian Parliament
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* Enactment of government regulations and government regulations in lieu of law
* Ratification of agreements between the Republic of Indonesia and other countries or international bodies
* Declaration of a state of danger and a
state of war
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If these regulations have explanations, their promulgation is placed in the supplement to the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia.
Archives
Dutch Colonial Laws & Decrees
Post-independence
References
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Government gazettes
1810 establishments in Asia
Newspapers published in Indonesia