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20 May 2024: Legal Overview on Tapera (Tabungan Perumahan Rakyat), the "Citizen's Saving for Housing"

On 20 May 2024, Indonesia promulgated the Government Regulation Number 21 Year 2024 on the Amendment of Government Regulation Number 25 Year 2020 on the Implementation of Citizen's Saving for Housing (Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 21 Tahun 2024 tentang Perubahan atas Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 25 Tahun 2020 tentang Penyelenggaraan Tabungan Perumahan Rakyat) , commonly called as the " Tapera " . Referring to its definition, in principle, Tapera is a saving, conducted periodically by the "Participant", that can be utilized only for financing the housing and/or can be returned along with its yield resulted after the one's participation is ended. As stipulated in Article 15 of the Tapera regulation, the "Saving" rate has been set at 3% (three percent) of the "Salary" or "Wage" towards the "Employee Participant" (0.5% by the Employer and 2.5% by the Employee), and of the "Income" towards the "Independent Worker...

Land Title of "Hak Pakai" ("Right to Use") in Indonesia



“Hak Pakai” (Right to Use)
Based on Article 41 Law Number 5 of 1960 concerning the Principle Regulation of Agrarian (“Indonesian Agrarian Law”), Right to use is the right for using the property over the land title and/or to collect the benefits from the land title directly owned by the State or the land owned by the other person or legal entity. Right to use is issued based on the decree from the competent authority regarding the grant of right to use with reference from the agreement with such landlord / land owner, which is different from the rent/lease agreement or land cultivation agreement.

Right to use as stipulated on Article 42 Indonesian Agrarian Law shall be only provided to Indonesian citizen, foreigner domiciled in Indonesia, legal entity establish under Indonesian law and domiciled in Indonesia, and foreign legal entity that has the representative office. Based on Article 39 Government Regulation Number 40 of 1996 concerning Right to Cultivate (“HGU”), Right to Build (“HGB”), and Right to Use (“Hak Pakai”), right to use shall include non-governmental organization department, local government, religious or social agency, foreign country representative, international representative body.  

As stipulated in Article 41 Government Regulation Number 40 of 1996, the right touse can be only used on the state land, land with has right to management title, and freehold title (“hak milik”).

Grant of Right to Use
Right to use over the state land shall be provided with decree issued the Minister of Agrarian.[1] For the right to use over the right to manage, the right to use shall be granted with the decree issued by the Minister of Agrarian or the appointed state official regarding the grant of right touse based on the suggestion of the right to manage.[2]  

Right touse over the freehold title shall be arise with the grant of the land by the holder the freehold title as made in the form of deed by the land deed official (Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah).

Right to Use as Collateral
The right touse over the state land and the right to manage can be used as the collateral with mortgage (“Hak Tanggungan”).[3] The mortgage is terminated when the right to use has expired.[4]

Transfer of Right to Use   
The right to use granted in the State land for specific period and land with the right to use may be transferred to other party.[5] For the right to use over the land with the freehold title may be transferred, if the transfer right to use may be possible under the agreement regarding the grant of right to use between the holder of right to use and the holder the freehold title.[6]

Transfer of right to use shall be performed in the following action:[7]
a.       Sale and purchase;
b.      Exchange;
c.       Capital investment;
d.      Grant;
e.       Inheritance.

The transfer of right to use over the land state shall be made under the permit from the competent authorities.[8]
The transfer of right to use over the land with right to manage shall be made based on the written approval from the holder of the right to use.[9]
The transfer of right to use over the freehold title shall be made based on the written approval from the holder of freehold title.[10]
The transfer of right to use shall be register in land office (kantor pertanahan).

The Expiration of the Right toUse
The right to use shall be expired caused by the following reason:
a.       the right to use period as determined in the decree regarding its grant is expired
b.   the right to use has been cancelled by the competent authorities before the expiration of the right to use period;
c.    the right to use has been released by the holder of the right to use before the expiration of the right to use period;
d.      the right to use has been revoked;
e.       the right to use has been abandoned;
f.       the right to use is extinct;
g.      Article 40 section Government Regulation 40 of 1996[11]





[1] Article 42 section 1 Government Regulation Number 40 of 1996
[2] Article 42 Section 2 Government Regulation Number 40 of 1996
[3] Article 53 section 1 Government Regulation Number 40 of 1996
[4] Article  53 section 2 Government Regulation Number 40 of 1996
[5] Article 54 section 1 Government Regulation 40 of 1996
[6] Article 54 section 2 Government Regulation 40 of 1996
[7] Article 54 section 3 Government Regulation 40 of 1996
[8] Article 54 section 8 Government Regulation 40 of 1996
[9] Article 54 section 9 Government Regulation 40 of 1996
[10] Article 54 section 10 Government Regulation 40 of 1996
[11] As stipulated in Article 40 section 1, if the holder of the right to use has not qualified the criteria as the holder of the right to use under this Government Regulation, the holder of right to use shall release or transfer its right to other party who qualifies with the criteria as the holder of right to use within one year.

If the right to use has not been transferred or released, such right to use shall be expired caused by law pro



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