Recent Legal / Regulatory Updates in Jordan
1. Virtual Assets / Crypto Regulatory Law (2025)
Jordan recently enacted the Virtual Assets Transactions Regulation Law (effective September 14, 2025). The law regulates virtual assets and requires licensing of providers dealing with crypto, exchanges, custody, brokerage, etc. SKP
Insight Idea: “Jordan’s Virtual Assets Law 2025 — what foreign investors need to know”
2. Amendments to Penal Code / 2025 Drafts
The Cabinet has endorsed proposed amendments to the Penal Code for 2025, allowing courts more flexibility to replace prison sentences with community service and rehabilitation programs. Jordan Times+1
Insight Idea: “2025 Penal Code reforms in Jordan: from incarceration to rehabilitation”
Key angles: impact on criminal justice, alternatives to imprisonment, legal transitions
3. Amendment to the National Service Law
The government approved justifications for amending the National Service and Reserve Service Law, ahead of submitting the draft to Parliament. The reactivation of the National Service program is intended to start February next year. Jordan News
Insight Idea: “Changes in Jordan’s National Service Law: implications for youth, defense, and compliance”
Key angles: obligations of citizens, reserve requirements, enforcement, interplay with employment sectors
4. Cooperative Law Amendments
Jordan has adopted key amendments to the Cooperative Law, improving governance, inclusion, and oversight of cooperative societies. International Labour Organization
Insight Idea: “Revised Cooperative Law in Jordan: strengthening community enterprises through legal reform”
Key angles: legal structure of cooperatives, regulatory changes, benefits & risks
4. Freedom of Expression / Access to Information Debate
Lawmakers and UNESCO recently met to discuss strengthening freedom of expression and access to information in Jordan, especially in light of recent amendments to the Access to Information Law. UNESCO
Insight Idea: “Transparency & free speech in Jordan: legal reforms and the road ahead”
Key angles: legal obligations for public bodies, media law, implementation gaps