Reconstruction of Free Legal Services Regulations by Notaries

Abstract

Notaries as public officials appointed by the authorities have the right and authority to make authentic deeds and get paid as a form of professionalism. Notaries are also obliged to provide legal assistance free of charge to people who can't afford it, but sometimes there are notaries who don't apply this. So that the purpose of this study is how to regulate the law on the provision of legal services free of charge by notaries to people who can't afford it and how to reconstruct regulations in the provision of legal services free of charge by notaries to people who can't afford it. The method used in this study uses normative research methods. So, the results of this study are first, the provision of legal services free of charge is mandatory, thus requiring a notary to provide legal services in the notary field free of charge to people who can't afford it. Second, Article 37 Notary Office Law has contradicted the values of justice that have been applied in the context of the 1945 Constitution Article 28D paragraph 2 which states that everyone has the right to get a job and get paid. So, it is necessary that the regulation on the provision of notary services for free can be regulated in implementing regulations and the regulation on the provision of free legal services is revised and reviewed, so that notaries have assistance from the government in the form of a budget to carry out the provision of legal services free of charge.