Ministry of Law Structure and Regional Offices: PERMENKUM 16/2026
Minister of Law Regulation Number 16 of 2026 on the Organisation and Work Procedures within the Ministry of Law (Peraturan Menteri Hukum Nomor 16 Tahun 2026 tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja di Lingkungan Kementerian Hukum) was signed in Jakarta on 15 October 2026 by Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas. It runs to 603 articles and takes effect on the date of its promulgation under Article 603. Article 2 states its scope: the organisation and work procedures of the Ministry, its Regional Offices, its technical implementation units and the Legal Attache.
Key Provisions
Leadership. Under Article 3, the Ministry sits under and answers to the President and is led by the Minister. Article 4 allows a Vice Minister, appointed and dismissed by the President, to assist the Minister. Article 5 treats the Minister and Vice Minister as one leadership unit.
Central structure. Article 22(1) lists the Ministry's organisation: the Secretariat General; the Directorates General of Legislation, General Legal Administration and Intellectual Property; the Inspectorate General; the National Legal Development Agency; the Legal Policy Strategy Agency; the Legal Human Resources Development Agency; and three expert staff posts, for politics and security, economic and social affairs, and inter-institutional relations and bureaucratic reform.
Regional Offices. Article 9 establishes Regional Offices in the provinces to carry out part of the Ministry's duties, reporting to the Minister. Article 11 includes among their functions services in general legal administration and intellectual property, facilitation of the planning and drafting of regional regulations, and harmonisation of draft regional regulations. Article 535 organises each office into a Legal Services Division, a Legislation and Legal Development Division, and an Administration and General Affairs Section. Article 595 places their names, seats and working areas in the annex. Other ministries regulate their vertical offices through their own instruments; the Ministry of Finance did so in 2026 for its tax and customs and excise directorates general.
Estate offices. Article 12 makes the Estate Office (Balai Harta Peninggalan) a technical implementation unit under the Director General of General Legal Administration. Article 14 gives it functions that include acting as curator in bankruptcy, representing or administering guardianship, curatorship, the property of absent owners and unattended estates, registering wills, opening and reading secret or sealed wills, issuing certificates of inheritance rights, and administering third-party funds. Article 551 sets its structure.
Legal training centres. Under Article 15, the Legal Training Centres report to the Head of the Legal Human Resources Development Agency. Article 597 provides for three centres.
Legal Attache in Malaysia. Article 18 places the Attache under the Minister and, operationally and administratively, within the Indonesian mission in Malaysia. Article 19 assigns coordination of legal cooperation, protection of Indonesian citizens in nationality matters, and assistance in legal proceedings requiring special handling.
Positions and Later Changes
Article 587 assigns echelon levels, with secretaries general, directors general, the Inspector General and agency heads at echelon I.a and heads of regional offices at echelon II.a. Under Article 594, changes to the organisation require a further Ministerial Regulation after written approval from the minister responsible for the state apparatus.
Transitional Rules and Revocations
Article 600 keeps managerial officials of the Estate Offices appointed under the 2021 regulation in post until they are sworn in to new positions. Article 601 preserves the performance allowance tied to their earlier positions for the corresponding new posts.
Article 602 revokes five instruments: Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 20 of 2014 on the Legal Attache in Malaysia; Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 7 of 2021 on the Estate Offices; Minister of Law Regulations Number 1 of 2024 on the Ministry's organisation and Number 2 of 2024 on its Regional Offices; and Minister of Law Regulation Number 2 of 2026 on the Legal Training Centres.
Checked against the official text of PERMENKUM 16/2026 on 9 November 2026. This is not legal advice; report corrections to contact@crpg.id.
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