Key Benefits:
8/2004 Paragraph 7, which stated, " The granting of land rights to the effort
the estate must remain concerned with the civil rights of the customary law society,
to the extent that the law is concerned. the reality is still there and not at odds with
higher laws as well as national interest. In order to guarantee ownership,
mastery, use and utilization of land in fairness, then necessary
specified maximum maximum boundary setting and minimum land use
for the plantation effort. "
Thus, it can be said that the grant-ease
for the acquisition of estate rights for the estate is designated "only" to
plantation entrepreneurs, whether private national, foreign private and BUMN.
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Not for the benefit of the people of Indonesia or any of the people in
around the plantation area;
In addition, there is an administrative and criminal sanction imposed against
any person who violates an obligation and commits a banned deed
in the Plantation Act is a matter of its own which should be immediately
resolved. This issue arises because of the material charge regarding the
"prohibition of doing an act" as set forth in Article 21
and Article 47 of the 18/2004 Act was formulated vaguely and unclear and
detailed. Thus potentially and providing opportunities and satisfaction to
being abused;
Basically, the petitioners do not reject the Plantation Act
aimed at the realization of the welfare and prosperity of the people.
of justice. However, if it turns out that there is, and has been proven, that the Act
The Plantation is used to protect and provide opportunities for
misappropriated corporations and rulers, then the petitioners are expressly
rejecting Article 21 and Article 47 of the Act of 18/2004.
II. CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
1. That Article 24 of the paragraph (2) of the third change of the 1945 Constitution states,
"The judicial power is carried out by a Supreme Court of Justice and the body
the judiciary under it and by a Constitutional Court";
2. That further Section 24C paragraph (1) of the third change of the Constitution of 1945
states, " The Constitutional Court is authorized to judge at the rate
first and last the verdict is final to test the invite-
against the Constitution, severing the state agency ' s authority dispute
whose authority is granted by the Constitution, severing the party disbandment
politics and severing disputes about the results of the General Election ";
3. That under the above provisions, the Constitutional Court has the right
or its authority to conduct an Act (Act)
against the Constitution of 1945 which is also based on Article 10 of the paragraph (1) Invite-
Invite Number 24 Years 2003 on the Constitutional Court that
stated, " Constitutional Court of law is prosecuting at a level
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first and last the verdict is final for: (a) testing
the Act (UU) against UUD RI in 1945 ";
4. That is because the object of this test application is Article 21 of the Invite-
Invite Number 18 of 2004 on Plantation, then based on
the a quo provisions, the Constitutional Court is authorized to examine and
prosecute This request.
III. THE LEGAL POSITION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL INTEREST OF THE PETITIONERS
5. That the recognition of every Indonesian citizen to submit
an application for testing the Act against the Basic Law
1945 is one of the positive constitutional development indicators
reflecting on the presence of the law. progress for the strengthening of the country ' s principles
law;
6. That of the Constitutional Court, functions among others as "guardian" from
"constitutional rights" of any citizen of the Republic of Indonesia. The Constitutional Court is a judicial body in charge of maintaining human rights
humanity as a constitutional right and the legal right of every citizen.
With this awareness the petitioners then, decide to
apply for testing of Article 21 juncto Section 47 Act 18/2004
contrary to the spirit and soul as well as the articles contained
in the Basic Law of 1945;
7. That in Section 51 of the paragraph (1) of the Law No. 24 of 2003
on the Constitutional Court states, " The applicant is the party
assuming the rights and/or its constitutional authority be harmed by
laws, namely: (a) the individual citizens of Indonesia,
(b) the unity of indigenous law society as long as it is alive and appropriate
with the development of the society and the principle of the unity state of the Republic
Indonesia that are set in legislation, (c) the public legal entity and
private, or (d) state institutions; "
8. That the applicant is a person of Indonesian citizens who
factually domiciled in the plantation area and has land around
the plantation area;
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9. That the petitioners are often in conflict with the company
the plantations that are around the region of the domicity;
10. That as a result of the conflict between the petitioners with the company
the estate, the petitioners have been discredited and charged with the provisions
Article 21 juncto Article 47 of the a quo Act;
11. That the applicant I is a citizen of Indonesia, is a citizen farmer
the people of Upper Silat, Bantan Sari Village, Marau District, Regency
Ketapang, West Kalimantan which owns the land where its land
is used by private plantation company as a plantation land.
The applicant I together with other communities has done
various attempts to prevent and stop the takeover
its land, but did not succeed (vide Proof P-2); 12. That in order to claim the return of the right to its land the applicant
I often made attempts to restore the rights to
its lands, among other things with dialogue and demonstration action;
13. That by means of efforts to restore the rights to
the land used by the plantation company, the applicant I
factual, or at least the potential to be stated to have performed
" The actions that Resulting in garden and/or othun.
The existence of indigenous people or farmers who are around or inside
the estate. As a result the indigenous people or farmers are no longer
having access to hereditary rights they have mastered or
even lose its land;
The Plantation Act is also judged to be highly profitable. the businessman
or the plantation company, especially with conditional recognition
against the land of indigenous peoples whose land is required for land
the plantation, where the indigenous legal society is only recognized if
Indigenous peoples can prove that in fact (society
The custom) still exists;
The recognition is actually also intended solely for the benefit of
plantation entrepreneurs, i.e. in order to obtain or make it easier
the process of extension of the rights to the estates of the estate. So, not for
the interests of indige s in the damage to the garden is an act that poses damage to the plant, among other things, the logging of trees, the forced harvest, or the The burning that the garden cannot function as it should be, the use of the estate without permission is an act of land sufficient without the permission of the owner in accordance with the laws. In the event of another act, the disruption of the plantation business is, among other things, the actions that interfere with workers
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so that it may not be able to perform the harvest or maintenance of the garden as it should be ";
32. That the provisions of Article 47 of the paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Act of 18/2004 declare:
a. " Any person who intentionally violates the prohibition of performing
actions that result in the damage to the garden and/or other assets,
use of the estate without permission and/or any other action
resulting in the disruption of the plantation business as intended
in Article 21, threatened with a prison criminal of at least 5 (five)
the year and fine the most Rp. 5.000.000.00 (five billion rupiah) ";
b. " Any person who is due to an action that
results in the damage to the garden and/or other assets, use
the estate without permission and/or other actions that
result in The disruption of the plantation effort as intended
in Article 21, threatened with maximum prison criminal 2 (two)
year 6 (six) months and fine the most Rp. 2,500,000.00
(two billion five hundred million rupiah) ";
33. That in Article 21 of the a quo Act there are two important elements that
must be reviled, i.e.:
a. element of each person;
b. Elements do actions that result in garden damage and/or
other assets, use of plantation land without permission and/or other actions
;
c. resulting in a disruption of plantation ventures;
34. That the same element also exists in Article 47 of the a quo bill, as
Article 47 is the governing norm regarding the criminal threat to
the deeds prohibited in Article 21 of the a quo;
35. That the problem is then the phrase in the section
21 juncto Article 47 of the a quo Act, specifically the phrase " does the action
resulting in the damage to the garden and/or other assets, the use of the land
estates without permission and/or other actions resulting in
The disruption of the estate effort ", formulated vaguely and not
formulated in clear and detailed conduct regarding the qualified deeds
as a criminal offense, as well as its understanding is too broad and complicated. Thus,
every effort and effort is done "every person" in
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maintaining and champing the rights to its land may be qualified
as a result of " performing actions that result in damage
the garden and/or other assets, use The estate without permission
and/or any other action resulting in the disruption of the effort
the estate ". Thus it can be interpreted publicly and broadly by
rulers and plantation companies;
PASAL 21 JUNCTO ARTICLE 47 OF THE LAW NUMBER 18 OF 2004 ON ESTATES CONTRARY TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE STATE OF LAW WHICH AFFIRMED IN SECTION 1 OF PARAGRAPH (3) OF THE 1945 Constitution
36. That Article 1 paragraph (3) of the Basic Law of 1945, expressly
states, "The State of Indonesia is the state of the law";
37. That Article 1 paragraph statement (3) of the Constitution of 1945, according to Jimly Ashiddiqie
contains the definition of recognition of legal supremacy and
the constitution, then the principle of separation and the restriction of power according to
system The constitutional constitutionality of the Constitution of 1945, is
the guarantee of human rights in the Basic Law of 1945, the existence of
a free and impartial judicial principle that guarantees equality
any citizen in the laws, as well as to guarantee justice for each person
including against abuse authority by the ruling party
(vide Proof P-12); 38. That as said by Frans Magnis Suseno, the state of law
is based on a desire that state power should be run
on the basis of a good and fair law. The law becomes the cornerstone of all of
the actions of the state, and the law itself should be good and fair. Neither because
in accordance with what society is expected to be, and fair
because the basic intent of all laws is justice. There are four reasons
primary to demand that the state be held and run
its duties under the law are, (1) the legal certainty, (2) the demands
equal treatment, (3) democratic legitimacy, and (4) the demands of reason,
(Frans Magnis Suseno, 1994, Political Ethics Of Basic Moral Principles
Modern Statehood, Jakarta: Gramedia, hal 295);
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39. That to meet the elements to be referred to as a legal state,
in particular in the sense rechtstaat, Julius Stahl requires some
principles, which include: a. Human rights protection (grondrechten);
b. Power division (scheiding van machten); c. Governance
under the Act (wetmatigheid van bestuur); and d. It is
judicial administration of state planning (administratieve rechspraak) (vide Proof P-13);
40. That based on the opinion of Jimly Asshiddiqie, there are at least 12
(twelve) the principal principle of the state of law that is in effect today.
The whole is the main pillar of the standing teg
a constitutional democratic country, so it can be referred to as
a state of law in a true sense. The twelve principal principles
include: a. Legal supremacy (supremacy of law); b. equation
in law (equality before the law); c. asas legality (due process of law);
d. power restrictions (limitation of power); e. executive organs that
are independent (independent executive organs); f. free judiciary
and impartial (impartial and independent judiciary); g. Grammar justice
state effort (administrative court); h. State courts (Constitutional Court
court); i. protection of human rights (human rights protection); j. is
democratic (democratische rechstaat); k. serve as a means
embodied welfare goals (welfare rechtsstaat); i. transparency and
social control (tranparency and social control) (vide Evidence P-14); 41. That in a state of law, one of its pillars is important, is
protection and respect for human rights. Protection
against such human rights is widely public in the
order to promote respHE REASONS FOR THE SCOPE OF ARTICLE 21 juncto ARTICLE 47 OF THE 2004 18-YEAR LAW ON THE ESTATE
30. That the provisions of Article 21 Act 18/2004 stated, " Any person is prohibited
conduct actions that result in the damage to the garden and/or assets
other, the use of the estate without permission and/or other actions
which results in the disruption of the plantation effort ";
31. That explanation of Article 21 of the Act of 18/2004 states:
" In question the action that result o understand that it does not give
a wide variety of interpretations in its implementation;
53. That Section 21 juncto Article 47 of the paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Act a quo has been real-
is real formulated without regard to the principles of regulation formation
the good and principles of the charge matter
laws as set out in the Act
Number 10 of the Year 2004 on the Establishment of an Inviting Regulation-
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the invitation. With the demfish forming provisions in Section 21 juncto
Section 47 of the paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the a quo of real are also performed with
violating the provisions of the law and it is also a violation of
against the constitution that guarantees that the country of Indonesia is
the state of the law;
54. That Act No. 10 of 2004 although in the hierarchy
formal legislation included in the category of Invite-
Invite, but in the process of susbtantif it is an extension of
the provisions of Article 22A of the Constitution 1945, which mentions, "Further provisions
about the layout of the draft law is set with the invite-
invite";
55. That if associated with principles related to regulatory materials
legislation, Article 21 juncto Section 47 of the paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) Act a
quo violates and violates the principles of Law Number 10
In 2004 on the Establishment of the Laws, that is
order of order and legal certainty, that is any regulatory material material
laws should be able to generate order in the community
through a guarantee of legal certainty;
56. That the provisions of Article 21 juncto Article 47 of the paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Act a quo
which violate the principle of legality and predictibility, mean to have violated
the terms and norms of human rights recognized in the constitution,
which is one of the principal principles for the law of the state of the law.
PASAL 21 JUNCTO ARTICLE 47 OF THE LAW NUMBER 18 OF 2004 ON THE ESTATE, CONTRARY TO THE GUARANTEE OF LEGAL CERTAINTY, AS SET IN SECTION 28D AYAT (1) UUD 1945
57. That Article 28D paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution states, "Everyone is entitled to
recognition, guarantee, protection, and legal certainty of law and
equal treatment before the law";
58. That the legal certainty and equal treatment in advance of the law
is one of the principal features of the state of law or the rule of law
as stated in Article 1 of the paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution
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states, "The country of Indonesia is the legal state", where certainty
the law is a precondition that cannot be dissolved;
59. That asas of legal certainty becomes a mischaracterless of the legal state- The rule
of law, in which it contains asas legality, predictibility, and
transparency. As it is known that the legal state's description is
"a legal system in which rules are clear, well-understood, and fairly enforced";
60. That legal certainty (certainty), one of which contains an understanding
that the law should be predictable, or meets the predictibility element,
so that a legal subject can estimate what rules
underlying their behavior, and how the rule is interpreted and
is implemented;
61. That, according to Gustav Radbruch, the law (Idee des Rechts)-which
is instituted in a form of state of law, must meet three
general principles, namely: purposiveness- humanitarian expediency (Zweckmassigkeit), justice
- fairness (Gerechtigkeit), and legal certainty- legal certainty
(Rechtssicherheit). The three elements must be in the law,
both the judge and the judge ' s ruling, proportionally or
draw, lest any of his units be unaccommodated, or one
dominating the other. (vide Proof P-20); 62. That according to Radbruch's explanation for making the law right-
is really proportionate, it's actually very difficult, because of the legal sense that
one with the other, basically having the values that mutually
contradictory -- contradiction (antinomy), for example between certainty and
justice. Therefore, the laws that apply in a society
the law, must be the balance of various disputes-antinomy, such as
with the formulation between legal certainty, humanitarian expediency, and justice;
63. That the principles of law forming a fair share according to Lon Fuller
in his book The Morality of Law (legal morality), among them:
a. laws should be made in such a way that it is understandable
by the common people. Fuller also named this thing as a desire
for clarity;
b. rules should not be contrary to each other;
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c. in the law there must be assertiveness. The law should not be changed
any time, so that each person no longer orients
its activities to it;
d. there must be a consistency between the rules as
announced with the performance of the reality (vide Proof P-21); 64. That such conflicting and contradictory provisions
(antinomi) remain in effect, often result in
the uncertainty of the law for all. Such uncertainty would be
resulting in legal turmoil and highly vulnerable to the
abuse and the imposition of an arbitrary force;
65. That different practice practices between one case with the
other, as a result of the ineptitude of the element Article 21 juncto Article 47 of the paragraph (1)
and the paragraph (2) of the Act a quo, clearly caused legal uncertainty, and
disclaimer of justice;
66. That legal certainty (legal certainty) is highly associated with clarity
the formula of a regulation so that it can be predicted and
its purpose. This is in accordance with the definition of legal certainty in various
doctrine and the ruling of the European Court that legal certainty contains
meaning:
" The principle which requires that the rules of law must be predictable as well.
as the extent of the rights which are conferred to individuals and obligations
imposed upon them must be clear and precise. "
Translation:
(The principle requires that the law provision should be predictable
as is the scope of the rights given to the individual and
the obligations imposed upon them must be clear and exactly "; and
" The principle which ensures that individuals concerned must know what the
law is so that would be able to plan their actions. "
Translation:
(Principles warrawith Act No. 10 of 2004 on
The formation of the Laws, Section 21 juncto Article 47 of the paragraph
(1) and paragraph (2) Act a quo have violated the principles of regulation
Good legislation, which one of its material is required
is likely to be a formula clarity, i.e. any law regulations-
the invitation must meet the technical requirements of the drafting of the regulations
the negotiations, systematics and choice of word or terminology, as well as
His legal language is clear and It is easy t
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proving that the victims, including the petitioners, were punished for
deemed to be an act that was "considered to be hinting and disturbing
the course of the plantation effort" was to be a result of a "inaction". Wrong punishment;
79. That the provisions of Article 21 and Section 47 of the verse (1) and the verse (2) a quo also
clearly contradictory the principle of lex certa, due to its elements
not formulated in light, clear and clear and unformulated and
clearly mentioned, the purpose and limits of the deeds
are prohibited. Thus, it can incur legal uncertainty in
the practice of criminal law enforcement;
80. That the principle of lex certa is the legal principle that
the law must be firm and clear. Article 21 and Article 47 of the paragraph (1)
and the verse (2) a quo are blurred (indefinite) so potentially
multitafsir. In the realm of law, legal formulae should be certain
and it is clear that people also exercise legal certainty, rather than
confusion without guarantee of legal certainty due to the formulation of the section-
of its multitapsuage;
81. That on the basis of the lex certa in relation to the law that
is written, the lawmaker (legislative) must formulate clearly
and detailed the actions of the so-called crime (crime,
-crimes). This is called asas lex certa or
bestimmtheitsgebot. The Act maker must define it with
clearly undimly (nullum crimen sine lege stricta), so that it does not exist
ambiguous formulation of prohibited deeds and granted
sanctions. An obscure or overly complicated formulation will only
give rise to legal uncertainty and hinder the success of the attempt
prosecution (criminal) because citizens will always be able to defend themselves that
provisions like that useless as behavior guideline
(vide Proof P-23); 82. That in practice it turns out not forever the makers of the Act
can meet the requirements above. Not least the formulation of the Invite-
Invite is further translated by the prevailing habits in
the society if the norm is factually in question;
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83. That based on the principles of lex certa or bestimmtheitsgebot intended
the policy of legislation in formulating the Act should be complete and
clearly undimly (nullum crimen sine lege stricta). The formulation
not clear or too complicated will only elicit legal uncertainty
and obstructing the success of the prosecution's (criminal) prosecution's efforts because citizens
will always be able to defend themselves that such provisions are not
useful as a behavioral guideline;
84. That the formulation of the criminal provisions is unclear or too complicated only
will give rise to legal uncertainty and hinder success
the prosecution's efforts (criminal) because citizens will always be able to defend themselves
that Such provisions would not be useful as guidelines
behavior (vide Proof P-23); 85. That the formulation of the provisions of article a quo, has provided an
of the kind that the state can abuse, or in the opinion
of Prof. Rosalyn Higgins is referred to by the provisions of Clawback (vide Evidence P-24);
86. That thus, the provisions of Article 21 and Article 47 of the paragraph (1) and the paragraph
(2) of the Act a quo reflect the distinction of position and treatment (unequal
treatment), injustice (injustice), uncertainty of law. (legal uncertainty),
and discriminatory against the petitioners because of the existence of
this provision is any act committed in order to maintain
and fight for its rights as well as defend the rights of the peasant society
can be arbitrarily qualified to be a The action
can be interpreted and qualified as "hinking and disturbing
the course of the plantation business". While demanding an individual right
and a collective guaranteed by various laws including the Constitution
1945, resulting in a guarantee of legal assurance
as set forth in Article 28D paragraph (1) of the Constitution 1945.
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FREE OF FEAR AS SET OUT IN SECTION 28C PARAGRAPH (1) AND SECTION 28G PARAGRAPH (1) UUD 1945
87. That Article 28C paragraph (1) of the Constitution of 1945 has provided a guarantee
constitutional for each citizen to develop itself, for the sake of
improving the quality of its life and the welfare of the human race.
Mentioned in the section That, " Everyone is entitled
develops through fulfillment of its basic needs, entitled
gets an education and benefits from science and
technology, arts and culture, for the sake of improving the quality of his life and for the sake of
the welfare of mankind ";
88. That Article 28G paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution has provided a guarantee for
obtaining a sense of security and protection for any citizen for
free of fear. In the article it is clearly said that,
" Everyone is entitled to personal protection, family, honor
and dignity, and property that is under his power, as well as entitled
over a sense of security. and protection from the threat of fear to do or
not doing something that is a birthright ";
89. That Indonesia recognizes the right to self-develop and rights
security as a fundamental right that should not be ignored in
its fulfillment. This is as affirmed in the Opening of the Charter
Human Rights, on TAP MPR Number XVII/MPR/1998 on Rights
Human Rights. A second paragraph of the Charter states, " That birthright
human rights are the fundamental rights inherent to the human self
kodrati, universal, and immortal as the grace of the Almighty God,
includes the right to live, family rights, self-developing rights, rights
justice, independence rights, rights to communicate, security rights, and rights
welfare, which is therefore not to be ignored or deprived of
anyone. Humans also have rights and responsibilities
arising as a result of the development of his life in society.
(vide Evidence P-25); 90. That the right for each person to develop oneself is a fundamental and fundamental human right
of human rights, as it will be influentialagainst the fulfillment of other rights. This is as mentioned in
the utterness and fairness, so that the formulation of the criminal act should see
justice for both the victim and the perpetrator, while Article 21 and Article 47 of the paragraph
(1) and paragraph (2) of the Act a quo does not meet this qualified qualification;
78. That the history of the world regarding punishments and criminal threats
over cases related to plantation disputes, has