Abstract

The police as a law enforcement agency is at the stage before the General Court is taken. The General Court is one of the executors of judicial power for people seeking justice to examine and adjudicate cases of a general nature, namely criminal and civil. The structure of completeness in the trial does not involve the Police absolutely, only includes Judges, Public Prosecutors and Legal Counsels. Formulation of research problemsFirst, how is the authority of the National Police as Legal Counsel in Law Enforcement in Indonesia?Second,how is the legality of the regulations regarding the legalization of the Police as Legal Counsel within the scope of the General Courts reviewed based on the Laws and Regulations? Research objectives to obtain answers to the formulation of this problem. The research method is normative legal research referring to positive law, using secondary data, namely primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. Data collection throughLibrary Research and processed with descriptive analysis.
Research results areFirstdata obtained that Polri was given the authority to become Legal Counsel through PP Number 3 of 2003 and Perkap Number 7 of 2017 Concerning Legal Aid. Second, data obtained related to the validity of the legalization regulations for the Police as Legal Counsel within the scope of the General Court based on legislation in principle causes a conflict. General Justice should be based on formal law, namely the Criminal Procedure Code and the Civil Code. Implementing regulations may not conflict with regulations above it.