26 May 2026

DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES

Based on Article 30 of Law Number 16 of 2004 concerning the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia, the following are the duties and authorities of the Prosecutor’s Office.
In the criminal field :
  • Carry out prosecution;
  • Carry out judge’s determinations and court decisions that have obtained permanent legal force;
  • Supervising the implementation of conditional criminal decisions, supervised criminal decisions, and conditional release decisions;
  • Carry out investigations into certain criminal acts based on law;
  • Complete certain case files and for this reason can carry out additional examinations before being handed over to court, the implementation of which is coordinated with investigators.
In the field of civil and state administration:
The prosecutor, with special powers, can act both inside and outside the court for and on behalf of the state or government. In the field of public order and peace, the Prosecutor’s Office also carries out activities:
Dalam bidang ketertiban dan ketenteraman umum, Kejaksaan turut menyelenggarakan kegiatan:
  • Increasing public legal awareness;
  • Securing law enforcement policies;
  • Supervision of the circulation of printed materials;
  • Monitoring beliefs that can endanger society and the state;
  • Preventing abuse and/or blasphemy of religion;
  • Legal research and development and criminal statistics.