Notaries must have post-graduate education<\/p>\n
Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
People pursuing a career as notaries will now need to have
\nuniversity degrees in law and a master's degree in the notarial
\nprofession, according to the newly endorsed notarial profession
\nbill.<\/p>\n
To obtain their licenses, however, law graduates and notary
\ncertificate holders must also join a compulsory one-year
\napprenticeship at a notary office.<\/p>\n
The justice ministry has the power to recognize, discipline
\nand disbar notaries.<\/p>\n
Pending the bill's enactment into law by the president,
\ncurrent notaries are allowed to continue in their jobs and those
\nwho have untaken notarial studies are allowed begin their career
\nas notaries.<\/p>\n
Article 15 of the bill, which was endorsed by the House of
\nRepresentatives on Tuesday, says a notary has the authority to
\nissue authentic certificates on all acts, agreements, and
\ndecisions required by existing law and set the date for the
\nissuance of legal certificates.<\/p>\n
Article 18 states that while notaries are based in a regency
\nor municipality, they can work anywhere in the province where
\ntheir offices are located.<\/p>\n
Article 36 says that notaries have the right to earn
\nhonorariums, depending on the value of the object they are
\nhandling. For an object worth not more than Rp 100 million
\n(US$10,869), notaries can receive no more than 2.5 percent of the
\nobject's value.<\/p>\n
They are entitled to honorariums worth 1.5 percent of all
\nobjects valued at between Rp 100 million and Rp 1 billion.<\/p>\n
For object valued above Rp 1 billion, the honorarium must not
\nexceed 1 percent.<\/p>\n
The House unanimously approved the bill during a plenary
\nsession presided over by House deputy speaker Soetardjo
\nSoerjogoeritno of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
\n(PDI-P).<\/p>\n
If enacted, the bill will replace the 144-year-old law on
\nnotaries, the Reglement op Het Notaris Ambt in Indonesie, which
\nwas first enforced by the Dutch colonial regime.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the bill, Minister of Justice and Human Rights
\nYusril Ihza Mahendra said it would provide notaries with legal
\ncertainty.<\/p>\n
Yusril said there were at least two contentious issues during
\nthe deliberation, namely the minimum education requirement for
\nnotaries and the compulsory apprenticeship.<\/p>\n
The government supported the House's proposal for a one-year
\nmandatory internship program for notary candidates. Earlier it
\nhad insisted the apprenticeship last two years.<\/p>\n
It took the House and the government three weeks to deliberate
\nthe bill, which was initially proposed by House legislators. The
\ngovernment, however, submitted its own version on July 29, to
\ncompliment the House's draft during the deliberation.<\/p>\n
The House also endorsed the domestic violence and the national
\ndevelopment planning bills on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It has been speeding up the deliberation of bills before its
\nmembers' terms end at the end of this month.<\/p>",
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