Abstract

In the era of globalization and increasing cross-border transactions in the modern age, the involvement of foreign parties in legal relations in Indonesia has grown significantly. In practice, many foreign parties do not understand the Indonesian language but are nevertheless required to participate in the drafting of legally valid and binding deeds. This has created a need for notarial deeds to be prepared in a foreign language or at least in a bilingual format, so that the terms and intent of the agreement may be clearly understood by all involved parties. Therefore, the need of having deeds prepared in a language other than English has grown. From a judicial standpoint, the language rule is outlined in Law Number 24 of 2009 on the Flag, Language, State Emblem, and National Anthem. This law states that any product based on legislation that contains requirements must be written in Indonesian. According to Article 43 of the Law on Notary Office (UUJN-P), this is governed by when genuine deeds are being prepared. Notarial deeds that do not adhere to the requirements of Article 43 paragraph (3) of UUJN-P and are not prepared in Indonesian raising questions about their legality and authenticity. In order to find answers to the normative contradiction, this paper will use normative research methodologies in a statutory manner to investigate the execution of notarial deeds written in a language other than English and the legal ramifications of these deeds.