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Criminal Act Related to Condominium
Posted by admin in Property Law, Strata Title on February 8, 2012
Criminal provisions related to condominium is regulated in Article 21 until Article 23 of the Law Number 16 of 1985 (“Law 16/1985″) on Condominium.
Article 21 paragraph (1) of Law 16/1985 regulates criminal sanction, that is stated, “Any person who is intentionally against the provisions of Article 6 of Law 16/1985, Article 17 paragraph (2) of Law 16/1985 and Article 18 paragraph (1) of Law 16/1985 shall be punished by a maximum imprisonment of 10 (ten) years or a maximum fine of Rp 100,000,000, – (one hundred million rupiah)”.
Further, in Article 21 paragraph (3) of Law 16/1985 regulates criminal sanction that is stated, “Any person by whose negligence causes infringement of the provisions as referred in Article 6 of Law 16/1985, Article 17 paragraph (2) of Law 16/1985 and Article 18 paragraph (1) of Law 16/1985, shall be punished by a maximum jail of 1 (one) year or a maximum fine Rp. 1.000.000,- (one million rupiah)”.
The provision of criminal sanction as referred in Article 21 paragraph (1) of Law 16/1985 is categorized as a crime. Whereas provision of sanction in Article 21 paragraphs (3) of Law 16/1985 is unlawful act.
In Article 22 of Law 16/1985 it is stipulated that, beside that imposed negligence criminal act as defined above, it must also comply with the provisions as referred in Article 6 of Law 16/1985, Article 17 paragraph (2) of Law 16/1985, Article 18 paragraph (1) of Law 16/1958. Under Article 23 of Law 16/1985, it is stated that, Government Regulation governing the implementation of law 16/1985 may contain punishment of jail of criminal act by maximum 1 (one) year and/or fine of Rp. 1.000.000.- (one million rupiah).
Criminal act in relation to Condominium that may be categorized as infringement and crime is any actions that are against provision in Article 6 of Law 16/1985, Article 17 of paragraph (2) of Law 16/1985 and Article 18 paragraph (1) of Law 16/1985 as follows:
The Function of Proportional Comparison Value for the Owner of Condominium
Posted by admin in Property Law on January 9, 2012

Article 1 Paragraph 7 of Government Regulation of Republic Indonesia on Condominium (“GR 4/1988”) explains the definition of Proportional Comparison Value, which is number showing comparison between condominium units toward the right upon the common facilities, common equipment, and common land.
Proportional Comparison Value may be calculated by using 2 (two) ways, which are:
Granting and Registration of Mortgage of Land
Posted by admin in Property Law on August 22, 2011
Background
Mortgage (hak tanggungan) of land is a security right over right(s) of land, along with or without other properties that constitute a unity with such land, for the settlement of certain debts, which gives the preferred position to certain creditors against other creditors (“Mortgage”). In this regard, there are procedures for granting, registration and transfer of Mortgage as stipulated in Law Number 4 of 1996 on Mortgage of Land along with Properties Related to the Land (“Law 4/96”).
Granting of Mortgage
Granting of Mortgage is preceded by a promise or covenant to grant the Mortgage as the security of payment of certain debt, which is set out in and as an integral part of the related loan agreement or other agreements that cause such debt.
The granting of Mortgage is conducted by making the Deed of Granting of Mortgage by the Land Conveyancing Officer (“Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah/PPAT”) in accordance with the related prevailing laws and regulations. In the event that the object of the Mortgage is the right(s) of land which is derived from the conversion of the previous rights that have been eligible to be registered but the registration has not been done, the granting of Mortgage shall be conducted simultaneously with the application for the registration of such right(s) of land.
According to Article 11 of Law 4/96, a Deed of Granting of Mortgage must include: Read the rest of this entry »
Condominium on the Land with Right to Build over the Land with Right of Management
Posted by admin in Building, Property Law, Right to Manage on March 22, 2011
Background
Article 7 paragraph (1) and (2) of Law Number 16 of 1985 on Condominium, the developer (the “Developer”) may build a condominium over the land with Right of Management (Hak Pengelolaan) (“HPL”). HPL is a right to control, given by the state which the implementation is delegated to its holder. Rights of land that may be granted over the HPL land are Right to Build (Hak Guna Bangunan) (“HGB”) and Right of Use (Hak Pakai) (“HP”). The Developer is obligated to complete the HGB or HP status of the land prior to the initial offer of any property over the land, in accordance with the prevailing laws and regulation. Therefore, the Developer must be aware of the procedure of the obtaining of such rights and other requirements related to HGB and HP over HPL land, which is set out in the Government Regulation Number 40 of 1996 (“GR 40/1996”) and State Minister of Agrarian/Chief of National Land Agency Regulation Number 9 of 1999 on Procedure of the Granting of Rights of Land and Revocation of Right of State Land and Right of Management (“Regulation 9/1999”). Read the rest of this entry »
Law on Housing and Habitation
Posted by admin in Property Law on February 28, 2011
On 12 January 2011, the Government issued the Law Number 1 of 2011 on Housing and Habitation (“Housing Law”). By the issuance of this law, the existed law on housing Number 4 of 1992 has been revoked. This new Housing Law is divided into 2 (two) parts i.e. housing and habitation. The purpose of this Housing Law is to fulfill the public needs for housing.
Housing
The new Housing Law covers planning, construction, utilization, and management stages.
Planning
The housing planning covers standard or simple houses (rumah sederhana), middle houses (rumah menengah) and/or luxury houses (rumah mewah). According to Article 24 of the new Housing Law, the housing planning shall be conducted for the following purposes:
- create a proper house;
- support the public needs for housing; and
- improve the building administration and neighborhood.
The housing planning shall be made by the competent people to ensure those foregoing purposes are fulfilled. Further, the house planning shall comply with the technical, administrative, layout and ecological requirements. The developer is required to fulfill the requirements to obtain the Building Construction License (Izin Mendirikan Bangunan).
Moreover, the new Housing Law also covers the facilities, infrastructures and public utilities as the inseparable parts of housing. Under Article 28, there are some obligations for the developer to provide the following plans:
- the lots of land as part of housing to be used by the developer to construct the facilities, infrastructures and public utilities; and
- the facilities, infrastructures and public utilities completeness. Read the rest of this entry »






