Is Nimetazepam legal in Indonesia?

Legal status

Psikotropika Golongan IV under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika: Psikotropika Golongan IV of the Lampiran to Permenkes No. 14 Tahun 2025, item 46 「NIMETAZEPAM」. Nimetazepam is item 46 of Psikotropika Golongan IV with the designation 1,3-dihidro-1-metil-7-nitro-5-fenil-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-on. FLUNITRAZEPAM, the closely related nitrobenzodiazepine, is in Golongan III. The model: each Act carries its own list for the first time only, and every change since is a Ministerial regulation. Pasal 6(1) of Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika divides narcotics into Golongan I, II and III. Pasal 6(2) then provides that 「Penggolongan Narkotika sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (1) untuk pertama kali ditetapkan sebagaimana tercantum dalam Lampiran I dan merupakan bagian yang tak terpisahkan dari Undang-Undang ini」, so the Act's own annex governs only the first classification. The empowering article is Pasal 6(3): 「Ketentuan mengenai perubahan penggolongan Narkotika sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (2) diatur dengan Peraturan Menteri」. The psychotropics Act is built the same way: Pasal 2(3) of Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika sets the four golongan 「untuk pertamakali」 in its annex and Pasal 2(4) provides that 「Ketentuan lebih lanjut untuk penetapan dan perubahan jenis-jenis psikotropika sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (3) diatur oleh Menteri」. So neither Act's annex is the operative list today. The narcotics list in force is the Lampiran to Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor 15 Tahun 2025 tentang Perubahan Penggolongan Narkotika, ditetapkan 21 November 2025, diundangkan 28 November 2025, Berita Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 2025 Nomor 989, which revoked Permenkes Nomor 7 Tahun 2025. The psychotropics list in force is the Lampiran to Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor 14 Tahun 2025 tentang Penetapan dan Perubahan Penggolongan Psikotropika, Berita Negara Tahun 2025 Nomor 988, which revoked Permenkes Nomor 6 Tahun 2025. The Act itself was last amended by Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2023. One part of the scheme is still in the Act and not in any regulation: the Prekursor Narkotika in Lampiran II, Tabel I and Tabel II, which neither Permenkes restates.

Consequences if caught

The psychotropics offences sit in a different Act with a different shape. Pasal 59(1) of Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 covers using, producing, distributing, importing and unlawfully possessing, storing or carrying a Golongan I psychotropic, at 4 to 15 years. Pasal 60 and the articles after it cover production, distribution and supply of psychotropics generally, in terms of years. There is no quantity ladder anywhere in this Act, so weight does not change the band, and there is no purity rule either. Indonesia places nimetazepam in the lowest psychotropic class, which is notable because several regional neighbours treat it far more severely. It carries no capital or life exposure here. Capital and life exposure. Neither reaches this substance. Golongan IV is the lowest of the four psychotropic classes and the only capital provision in the Act, Pasal 59(2), applies to Golongan I alone. Golongan IV offences are dealt with under Pasal 60 and the articles after it, in terms of years with fines, and neither death nor life imprisonment is available on any facts. The narcotics ladder does not reach it either, because it is in no Golongan of the narcotics list.

If prescribed or medical

Nimetazepam is not currently a registered medicine in Indonesia. Its listing in Golongan IV governs its control rather than its availability.

Documentation

No prescription route exists in practice, so there is no document that would authorise carrying it.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Indonesia’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.