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Sekilas pokrol bambu (bush lawyer), pengacara praktik hingga advokat Indonesia

Ketika masih berada di bawah kekuasaan kolonial, pemberi layanan hukum kepada rakyat strata bawah mulai dari pembelaan di muka sidang pengadilan sampai pemberian nasihat-nasihat acara berperkara banyak diberikan oleh mereka yang sedikit banyak mempunyai pengalaman bekerja di lingkungan kehakiman; pada waktu-waktu lalu (masa kolonial) itu, mereka sering disebut 'pokrol bambu', suatu penamaan yang terdengar kurang mengenakkan, dalam salah satu tulisannya, Daniel S. Lev menyebut mereka dengan istilah 'bush lawyer'; dalam perkembangan selanjutnya, mereka lazim disebut 'pengacara praktik' (Sutandyo Wignjosoebroto, Hukum dalam Masyarakat, Malang: Bayumedia Publishing, 2008). Salah satu pondasi profesi hukum (tersebut) advokat pada masa kolonial yaitu Stb.1848 No.8, Bepalingen betreffende het kostuum der Rechterlijke Ambtenaren dat der Advokaten, yang kemudian digantikan/dinyatakan tidak berlaku dengan diundangkannya/diberlakukannya UU 18/2003 tentang Advokat yang men...

The Execution (eksekusi) of Verdict under the Indonesia Civil Law

Summary concerning the execution of the verdict (under Article 195 to 224 of H.I.R. / HERZIEN INLANDSCH REGLEMENT (Indonesian Civil Code Procedure)):

1.       Execution upon a final and binding verdict under the law (inkracht van gewijsde):

a.                   - did not appeal upon first stage verdict and surpass the due date for appealing it;
b.                  - did not appeal upon second stage verdict to supreme court and surpass the due date for appealing it;
c.                  - the supreme court verdict;

(a), (b), (c) may be set aside if the law suit request the verdict shall be executed at the soonest notwithstanding the appeal (uit voerbaar bij vooraad) and such verdict expressly affirms it. This will only relevant in conditional basis upon the judges order (example: upon authentic documents and firm conditions) subject to Surat Edaran Mahkamah Agung  No. 3 Tahun 2000 and Surat Edaran Mahkamah Agung No. 4 Tahun 2001 tentang Putusan Serta Merta dan Provisionil, because there were lie possibility that the higher court may null the verdict (of the execution), which may cause the case become more complex.

2.       If the loser party does not want to obey the verdict voluntarily, under some costs, apply to the court chief where the verdict was resolved (and in coordination with other court chief in case the execution objects residing under his domicile, and the court chief of origin suit will be informed within 2 x 24 hours of all enforcement that were conducted), to:

-                      - warn the loser party to fulfill the verdict at the latest of 8 days, if failed to do so, then:

-                    - upon written court’s order, to confiscate the asset under property/belonging of the loser party, whether moving                   goods (the first thing) or fixed assets (the latter thing after the moving goods cannot fulfill it), the weakness is, there is         no specific & detailed procedure on the objects, especially for intangible goods, which may be disputable on actual             confiscation, and may refer to former jurisprudences and Surat Edaran Mahkamah Agung (supreme court’s circular               letter) or even further court proceeding, partly to all of such asset until fulfill the execution value.

The loser party or the related party whose assets get confiscated restricted under the law to transfer such assets, will be suspected for Criminal Code offense.

The confiscated assets may be auction by state auction or by the court’s bailiff itself.

The claim filed upon the confiscated assets will be examined through regular proceedings, and may not prevent such execution, except the judges order the suspension of such execution while waiting for the verdict.

3.       The execution will be conducted upon court chief’s order by court’s bailiff under 2 witnesses, in coordination with the police (if the winning party seeks for it in case any resistance by the loser party), and will be stated on formal written report.


In the event there is any other/further claim/suit regarding the object of execution (example: by third party, or by someone who claim such object his right), then such claim will be examined under the domicile of such execution object. In the event such other claim/suit arising out, the court chief of the domicile of claim/object will inform, within 2 x 24 hours, to the court chief who examines the origin suit.

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