JURIDICAL REVIEW OF NOTARY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIMINAL ACT OF FORGERY OF AUTHENTIC DEEDS

Abstract

Examine and discuss in order to analyze and be able to find out about the Notary's Responsibility for the Crime of Forgery of Authentic Deeds (/PPAT against Authentic Deeds), in this case the responsibility of a Notary/PPAT if the deed is canceled due to his negligence is to pay compensation to the parties, whether compensation real (material) or intangible (immaterial) as well as intentionally. This legal research aims to determine the notary's responsibility for the criminal act of forgery of an Authentic Deed, the main case of which is that the Notary/PPAT has committed a violation of Article 263 paragraph 1 and Article 264 paragraph 1 of the Book. Criminal Law (hereinafter referred to as the Criminal Code) with accusations of making fake letters/documents or making minutes of deeds by forging the signatures of the parties. This research is normative juridical research using the applicable statutory regulations (statute approach) and case approach ). The legal materials used in this legal research are secondary legal materials with the data collection technique used is library research. The results of this research show that the making of an Authentic Deed which is accused of making a fake letter/document or making minutes of the deed by forging the signature of the person appearing, as regulated in Article 16 paragraph (1) letter m of Law no. 2/2014 will result in the Deed being degraded in its evidentiary strength to become a fraudulent Deed.