Open AccessPIDANA PEMBAYARAN UANG PENGGANTI: DULU KINI DAN MASA DATANG
Author(s) -
Akhiar Salmi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jurnal hukum and pembangunan/hukum dan pembangunan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2503-1465
pISSN - 0125-9687
DOI - 10.21143/jhp.vol0.no0.185
Subject(s) - imprisonment , law , paragraph , criminal law , principal (computer security) , political science , sentence , payment , economics , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , computer security , finance
AbstrakThis article gives comparison implementation of alternate payment 'uangpengganti '. Assessment between the criminal provisions of the alternatepayment that have been regulated by Law No. 31 of 1999 with prior Law No.3 of 1971 so there is a divergence. According to Law No.3 of 1971 forconvicts who are unable to pay the applicable provisions replacement of thefines, the maximum jail sentence is replaced with a substitute. Meanwhile,according to Law No. 31 of 1999 offender will be punished withimprisonment, shall not exceed the maximum principal penalty. It could beargued that Law No. 31 of 1999 introduces a replacement imprisonment thathas not been there. So far only known substitute for criminal corifinement.Any how the author is still questioning on effectiveness the provisions ofArticle 18 paragraph (3) of Law No. 31 of 1999 to eradicate corruptionpractice.