The processes for issuing land rights certificates in Indonesia and the enforcement of the land registration system

Abstract

The following are the study's goals: 1) to ascertain the government's efforts to enforce the land registration system and the process 
of issuing certificates of land rights in Indonesia; 2) to ascertain the legal obligations of the Head of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial 
Planning/Head of the National Land Agency with regard to double certificates issued in the implementation of land registration; 
and 3) to ascertain the role and utility of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in the implementation of land registration in relation 
to law enforcement in the land sector in Indonesia. A normative juridical legal research approach that makes reference to legal 
norms is the study methodology used. Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1960 (Act Number 5 of 1960), Peraturan Pemerintah 
Nomor 24 Tahun 1997 (Government Regulation Number 24 of 1997), and Peraturan Menteri Agraria dan Tata Ruang/Kepala 
Badan Pertahanan Nasional Nomor 12 Tahun 2017 (Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land 
Agency Regulation Number 12 of 2017) pertaining to the Acceleration of Complete Systematic Land Registration (CSLR). A 
variety of books on agricultural matters, seminar proceedings, scientific publications, research findings, and periodicals are used 
as secondary legal documents. Logical reasoning is used in both induction and deduction to analyse data. Act Number 5 of 1960 
concerning Basic Regulations on Agrarian Principles (Basic Agrarian Law), Government Regulation Number 10 of 1961 and 
Government Regulation Number 24 of 1997, which both govern Land Registration, and Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial 
Planning/Head of the National Land Agency Regulation Number 12 of 2017 concerning the Acceleration of Complete Systematic 
Land Registration (CSLR) and other regulations are examples of the government's efforts to regulate and manage land issues. The 
background of law enforcement in the land sector informs these laws and regulations. One way to enhance Government Regulation 
Number 24 of 1997 is to employ contemporary technology, including the Global Positioning System (GPS) and computerised data 
processing and storage, to speed up the measurement and mapping of land plots that need to be registered. Geographic information 
systems employ the Global Positioning System (GPS) for a variety of purposes, including creating maps, calculating boundary 
lengths, and serving as a reference point for a region. In other words, by measuring a piece of land using the Global Positioning 
System (GPS), the coordinates of that plot may be readily ascertained, hence reducing the likelihood of land disputes.