MAHENDRA SIREGAR

2013-SEKARANG

Posisi Kepala Badan Koordinasi

Mahendra Siregar, previously served

Penanaman Modal (BKPM) yang

as Deputy Minister of Finance II-

ditinggalkan Chatib, kemudian

subordinate to Chatib Basri, held

diisi oleh Mahendra Siregar, yang

position as Chairman of Indonesia

sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Wakil

Investment Coordinating Board

Menteri Keuangan II di bawah

[BKPM] replacing Chatib Basri,.

Chatib Basri. Mahendra berjanji

Mahendra promised to make a

untuk membuat terobosan, yaitu

breakthrough, namely by simplifying

mempermudah proses permohonan

tax allowance and tax holiday

tax allowance dan tax holiday melalui

application process through tracking

tracking system.

system.

Sebelum menjadi Kepala BKPM,

Prior to becoming Chairman of

Mahendra tercatat menduduki posisi

BKPM, Mahendra held a position

Wakil Menteri Keuangan II sejak 19

as as Depty Minister of Finance

Oktober 2011 mendampingi Menteri

II since October 19, 2011

Keuangan Agus Martowardojo. Dan,

accompanying Minister of Finance

ketika jabatan Menteri Keuangan

Agus Martowardojo. And, when

dipegang Chatib Basri pada 20 Mei

Chatib Basri became Minister of

2013, Mahendra tetap dipercaya

Finance on May 20, 2013, Mahendra

memegang jabatan sebagai

remained trusted as Seputy Minister

Wamenkeu II.

of Finance II.

Pada 2005-2009, pria kelahiran 17

During 2005-2009 period, Mahendra,

Oktober 1962 itu, menempati posisi

born on October 17, 1962, filled

Deputi Menko Perekonomian Bidang

a position as Deputy Coordinating

Kerjasama Ekonomi dan Pembiayaan.

Minister of Economic Cooperation and

Pada 2009, sarjana Ekonomi lulusan

Financing affairs. In 2009, the holder

Universitas Indonesia ini diangkat

of Bachelor of Economics degree was

sebagai Wakil Menteri Perdagangan

designated as Deputy Minister of Trade

mendampingi Menteri Perdagangan

accompanying Minister of Trade Mari

Mari Elka Pangestu.

Elka Pangestu.

Keharusan Menggunakan
Bahasa Indonesia dalam Kontrak
MANDATORY USE OF THE INDONESIAN LANGUAGE
(BAHASA INDONESIA) IN CONTRACTS

emerintah Republik Indonesia telah

mengundangkan Undang Undang No. 24 Tahun
2009 tentang Bendera, Bahasa, dan Lambang
Negara, serta Lagu Kebangsaan pada tanggal
9 Juli 2009 (Undang Undang), dimana berdasarkan
Pasal 31 Bahasa Indonesia wajib digunakan dalam nota
kesepahaman atau kontrak yang melibatkan lembaga
negara, instansi pemerintah Republik Indonesia, lembaga
swasta Indonesia atau perseorangan warga Negara
Indonesia. Undang Undang tersebut lebih lanjut mengatur
bahwa apabila kontrak tersebut melibatkan pihak asing,
maka kontrak tersebut dapat ditulis juga dalam bahasa
nasional pihak asing tersebut dan/atau bahasa Inggris, dan
bahwa semua naskah tersebut sama keasliannya. Namun
demikian, Undang Undang tidak menyebutkan sanksi
apabila ketentuan tersebut dilanggar.
Sejak pengundangannya, Pasal 31 telah mengubah cara
untuk mendokumentasikan transaksi-transaksi yang terkait
dengan Indonesia ataupun melibatkan pihak Indonesia.

Baik untuk dimiliki

Sebelum diterbitkannya putusan Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta
Barat pada bulan Juni 2013 (mohon lihat penjelasan
di bawah ini), terdapat beragam pandangan terhadap
keharusan untuk menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia.
Dikarenakan terjemahan hukum yang akurat selalu
merupakan pekerjaan yang sangat sulit dan proses
tersebut dapat mengakibatkan tambahan biaya transaksi,
banyak yang berpendapat bahwa adalah baik untuk
memiliki terjemahan Bahasa Indonesia, namun demikian
hal ini dianggap hanyalah persyaratan formal tambahan,
yang apabila tidak dipenuhi tidak akan mempengaruhi
keberlakuan dari kontrak.

Perkara PT Bangun Karya Pratama Lestari melawan

Nine AM Ltd
Pada bulan Juni 2013, syarat untuk menggunakan Bahasa
Indonesia dianggap dikuatkan oleh putusan Pengadilan
Negeri Jakarta Barat, dimana pengadilan membatalkan

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he Indonesian
Government issued
Law No. 24 of 2009
concerning the
National Flag and Language,
State Symbols and the National
Anthem (Undang-Undang
Bendera, Bahasa, dan Lambang
Negara, serta Lagu Kebangsaan)
on 9 July 2009 (the Law), in
Meidini Mularia Hutagalung
which Article 31 stipulates that
the Indonesian language must be
used in any memorandums of understanding or contracts
involving state institutions, government agencies of the
Republic of Indonesia, Indonesian private institutions, or
individual Indonesian citizens. The Law further provides
that if any such contracts involve non-Indonesian parties,
the contracts may also be written in the national language
of the non-Indonesian party and/or in the English language,
and that all of such texts are equally authentic. The
Law does not, however, stipulate any sanctions for any
violations of such provision.
Since its enactment, Article 31 has changed the way
Indonesian transactions are documented.

Good to have
Prior to the ruling of the West Jakarta District Court in
June 2013 (please see explanation below), views on the
requirements to use the Indonesian language varies.
As accurate legal translation is always a very difficult
task and the process would add to transaction costs,
many would argue that it is good to have an Indonesian
language translation, but it is deemed as merely a
supplementary formal requirement, of which the failure to
meet such a requirement should not affect the validity of
the contract.

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Keputusan Pengadilan Negeri ini telah dikuatkan pada

tanggal 7 Mei 2014 oleh Pengadilan Tinggi melalui
Keputusan Pengadilan Tinggi No. 48/Pdt/2014/PT.DKI.
Pada saat artikel ini ditulis, kami tidak mengetahui apakah
telah terdapat pengajuan kasasi kepada Mahkamah Agung
oleh kreditur.
Pihak yang cenderung menghindari risiko akan meminta
bahwa segala kontrak dengan suatu pihak Indonesia
dipersiapkan dalam bahasa Indonesia agar kontrak
tersebut dapat dipergunakan dalam Pengadilan Indonesia.

Akta Notaris Indonesia dalam Bahasa Inggris

Amandemen terhadap Undang-undang No. 30 Tahun 2004
tentang Perubahan atas Undang-undang Nomor 30 Tahun
2004 Tentang Jabatan Notaris (UU No.2 Tahun 2014)
yang diterbitkan untuk, antara lain, memungkinkan suatu
akta notaris untuk ditandatangani dalam suatu bahasa
asing, asalkan bahasa asing tersebut kemudian dijelaskan
dan diterjemahkan kedalam bahasa Indonesia oleh
Notaris atau suatu penerjemah tersumpah. Dalam hal akta
diterjemahkan oleh penerjemah tersumpah, penerjemah
tersumpah tersebut harus ikut menandatangani risalah
akta notaris tersebut.

Informasi yang dimuat dalam artikel ini adalah

keperluan umum saja dan seharusnya tidak diartikan
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Case of PT Bangun Karya Pratama Lestari v Nine AM Ltd

June 2013, the Indonesian language requirement is
considered braced by the ruling of the West Jakarta District
Court, as the court annulled a loan agreement between PT
Bangun Karya Pratama Lestari (as an Indonesian borrower)
and Nine AM (a non-Indonesian lender) on the grounds
that an Indonesian-language version of the agreement had
not been executed. In the construction of the ruling, the
Court deemed that the loan agreement was in breach of
Article 31 of the Law, and that, additionally, it also failed
to meet the entire requirements of a valid agreement that
are set forth under Article 1320 of the Indonesian Civil
Code. On this basis, the Court therefore rendered the loan
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The District Court decision was affirmed on May 7, 2014,

by the Jakarta High Court, through Appellate Decision No.
48/Pdt/2014/PT.DKI. As of the writing of this article, we
have not been made aware of any motions of appeal to the
Supreme Court by the lender.

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A risk-averse party will require that any contract with an

Indonesian party be drafted in the Indonesian language if it
is to be upheld in an Indonesian Court.

Indonesian Notarial Deed in English

The amendment to Law No. 30 of 2004 on Notary (Law
No.2 of 2014) was issued to, among others, enable
a notarial deed to be executed in a foreign language,
provided that the foreign language must then be translated
and elucidated into the Indonesian language by the notary
or a sworn translator. If the deed is to be translated by a
sworn translator, the sworn translator must also sign the
minutes of the notarial deed.

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BA B I I

perjanjian pinjaman antara PT Bangun Karya Pratama

Lestari (selaku debitur Indonesia) dan Nine AM (selaku
kreditur asing) dengan dalil bahwa versi Bahasa Indonesia
dari perjanjian tidak ditandatangani. Dalam konstruksi
putusan, Pengadilan berpendapat bahwa perjanjian
pinjaman tersebut melanggar Pasal 31 dari Undangundang, dan bahwa, oleh karena itu, perjanjian tersebut
juga tidak memenuhi keseluruhan persyaratan dari suatu
perjanjian yang sah yang dimuat dalam Pasal 1320 dari
Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Perdata. Berdasarkan
hal tersebut, Pengadilan kemudian menyatakan
bahwa perjanjian pinjaman dan segala perjanjian yang
ditandatangani berdasarkan putusan ini sebagai batal demi
hukum.