Law Enforcement Against Perpetrators Of The Criminal Act Of Forgery Of Ship Crew Change Letter At The Belawan Host Office (Study of Decision Number 1705/Pid.B/2023/PN Mdn)

Law Enforcement, Forgery, Letters

Abstract

The crime of forgery is a crime which contains a system of untruth or falsehood of something (object), which something appears from the outside as if it were true, even though in fact it is contrary to the truth. Criminal liability in the crime of forgery of ship crew change letters in Indonesia which has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a crime, the person who does, who orders to do and who participates in the act, makes a fake letter or falsifies a letter in violation of Article 263 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) Ke-1 of the Criminal Code. So that the defendants are sentenced to imprisonment for: 1 (one) year each, minus the period of arrest and detention that has been served by the defendants and with the order that the defendants remain detained. The results of the study show that efforts to overcome forgery of ship crew change letters are through penal efforts, namely by imposing penalties on the defendants who forged ship crew change letters, while non-penal efforts are carried out by placing more emphasis on preventive measures before the crime occurs