is a landmark legal decree issued during the Dutch colonial era in Indonesia that primarily regulates civil registry records and the institution of child adoption ( Van Adoptie ) for citizens of Chinese descent . It serves as a foundational pillar of Indonesian private law history. For legal researchers, scholars, and law students tracing family lineage or inheritance rights under the Indonesian Civil Code ( Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Perdata or Burgerlijk Wetboek), finding an original free PDF copy of this historical document is crucial for clarifying ancestral civil status.

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Given the history of the document, page 42 in any official scan would:

: Under this regulation, an adopted child (specifically a son) is legally treated as if they were born from the marriage of the adoptive parents. Severance of Ties

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( Vreemde Oosterlingen ), which was further subdivided into Chinese and non-Chinese (such as Arab or Indian descendants). Indigenous Indonesians ( Inlanders ).

To accommodate the unique customs of the Chinese community regarding family lineage while pulling them into the Western legal sphere, the colonial government enacted . It mandated that the European Civil Code applied to Chinese Foreign Easterners, with specific modifications regarding the civil registry, marriage, and adoption to align with traditional Chinese ancestral obligations. Key Legal Provisions of Staatsblad 1917 No. 129

While we cannot reprint the copyrighted (though public domain) content here, our archival analysis of comparable 1917 Staatsblad numbers reveals that page 42 often includes:

However, many regulations from 1917 have been superseded by Indonesian laws (Undang-Undang). Nevertheless, they retain . Courts still reference colonial Staatsblad when interpreting original legislative intent.

Think of it as the colonial equivalent of Indonesia's modern-day Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia . Every year, all the laws and regulations enacted for the colony were compiled and published in a bound volume, with each individual law or regulation assigned a sequential "nomor" (number). Therefore, "Staatsblad 1917 nomor 129" refers to the .

The most defining feature of the law is the adoption of the principle of "adoptio plena" – full adoption. This means the adoption legally severs all ties with the biological family, including inheritance rights, and establishes a new, complete filiation with the adoptive family. As one legal commentator put it, the law "memutuskan hubungan nasab antara anak angkat dengan orang tua kandungnya" (severs the lineage relationship between the adopted child and their biological parents).

During the colonial era, the Dutch East Indies population was strictly stratified into three legal classes under Indische Staatsregeling (IS): Europeans, Foreign Easterners ( Timur Asing ), and Indigenous Indonesians ( Pribumi ).

and Government Regulation No. 54 of 2007 now provide the primary national standards for adoption, emphasizing the "best interests of the child" rather than just family lineage.

Articles 5 through 15 of Staatsblad 1917 Nomor 129 serve as the primary written codified rules for child adoption within this demographic.