KEKUATAN HUKUM SURAT KEPUTUSAN NOMOR:

SK.579/MENHUT-II/2014 TENTANG KAWASAN HUTAN

PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA DALAM MENCEGAH DAN
MEMBERANTAS TINDAK PIDANA PERUSAKAN HUTAN
(Studi Putusan Nomor: 75/Pid.B/LH/2020/PN PSP)

Bayu Sahbenanta Perangin-Angin

Dr. Yasmirah Mandasari Saragih, S.H., M.H.
Dr. T. Riza Zarzani, S.H.,M.H.
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ABSTRAK
Pada tanggal 24 Juni 2014 Menteri Kehutanan mengeluarkan Keputusan
Nomor: SK.579/Menhut-II/2014 tentang Kawasan Hutan Provinsi Sumatera
Utara. Sayangnya, surat yang seharusnya memiliki kekuatan hukum tersebut
bertekuk lutut terhadap perlawanan dari masyarakat. Gugurnya status kawasan
hutan atas lahan kelapa sawit milik Bindu Siahaan di Kabupaten Padang Lawas
Utara dan jatuhnya putusan bebas atas diri yang bersangkutan adalah contoh
kondisi yang melemahkan Surat Keputusan tersebut.
Penelitian live-case study ini menerapkan metode normatif empiris yang
difokuskan pada analisis terhadap kekuatan hukum SK.579/MENHUT-II/2014
dalam melindungi kawasan hutan di Sumatera Utara. Data penelitian dikumpulkan
dengan metode wawancara dan studi kepustakaan, kemudian dengan pendekatan
statutary approach data dianalisis dengan metode kualitatif.
Penelitian menemukan bahwa asas strict liability dalam tindak pidana
perusakan hutan hanya diterapkan dalam gugatan ganti rugi namun pemidanaan
pelakunya tetap didasari atas unsur kesalahannya: kelalaian atau kesengajaan.
Kelemahan SK.579/MENHUT-II/2014 diakibatkan oleh kontradiksinya terhadap
asas lex superior derogat legi inferior yang dibuktikan melalui sidang pengadilan.
Penyimpangannya dari Perpres No. 88 Tahun 2017 membuat hakim menjatuhkan
putusan bebas terhadap Bindu Siahaan. Maka disarankan agar adagium strict
liability juga diaplikasikan dalam penjatuhan pidana perusakan hutan tanpa harus
dibuktikan unsur kesalahannya, peraturan pelaksana harus linear dan paralel
Undang-Undang yang memberi mandat kepadanya, dan produk hukum terkait
kawasan hutan harus dibentuk berdasarkan kondisi riil di lapangan, bukan hasil
simulasi teknologi informasi dan pengolahan citra digital.

Kata kunci: hutan, kawasan hutan, tindak pidana, perusakan.

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Ketua Komisi Pembimbing PPs UNPAB
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 THE LEGAL POWER OF DECREE NUMBER:
SK.579/MENHUT-II/2014 CONCERNING FOREST
AREAS OF NORTH SUMATRA IN PREVENTING AND
FIGHTING AGAINST THE CRIMES OF FOREST DAMAGE
(Study of Verdict Number: 75/Pid.B/LH/2020/PN PSP)

Bayu Sahbenanta Perangin-Angin

Dr. Yasmirah Mandasari Saragih, SH., M.H.
Dr. T. Riza Zarzani, S.H.,M.H. 

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ABSTRACT

On 24 June 2014, the Minister of Forestry stipulated the Decree number

SK.579/Menhut-II/2014 concerning the Forest Areas of North Sumatra Province,
which regrettably could not do much during the litigation process against a person
by the name of Bindu Siahaan, whose oil-palm plantation was declared as a part
of the forest area by the Decree. The annulment of the forest-area status of the
plantation and Bindu’s acquittal were the examples that weakened the Decree.
This live-case study employed the empirical normative method that focused
on the analysis of the legal force of SK.579/MENHUT-II/2014 in protecting the
forest areas in the province of North Sumatra. The research data were collected
through interview and library study, which then analyzed using qualitative method
through statutory approach.
The study found that the principle of strict liability in forest crimes is only
applied in a claim for compensation but the punishment of the perpetrator is still
based on the element of guilt: negligence or intentional. The main weakness of
SK.579/MENHUT-II/2014 is its contradiction to the principle of lex superior
derogat legi inferior which is proven through court proceedings. The deviation of
the Decree from the Presidential Regulation No. 88 of 2017 had made the judge
acquit Bindu Siahaan. Therefore, it is suggested that the strict liability adage
should also be applied in imposing any forest the crime without having to prove
the guilt element, the implementing regulations must be linear and parallel to the
Law that mandates them, and legal products related to forest areas must be formed
based on real conditions in the field, not on the simulation results of information
technology and digital image processing.

Keywords: forest, forest area, crime, damage

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 The Chairman of the Guidance Commission of PPs UNPAB.
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