Penerapan Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2011 Tentang Mata Uang bagi Pelaku Mengedarkan dan Menggunakan Uang Palsu (Studi Putusan Nomor: 1266/Pid.B/2023/Pn Mdn)

Abstract

The crime of distributing counterfeit banknotes is one of the crimes that has received a lot of attention and is very disturbing to the community. The crime of counterfeiting money is a crime that requires special skills. This crime of counterfeiting rupiah, in addition to unlawful acts, is also detrimental to society and can reduce trust in the rupiah. Based on these problems, the following problems are formulated: 1) How is the legal regulation on the crime of counterfeit money?) How is law enforcement for perpetrators of criminal acts of using and distributing counterfeit money?; 3) How is the judge's consideration in handing down a verdict on the crime of distributing counterfeit money in verdict number: 1266/Pid.B/2023/ PN Mdn? The type of research used is normative juridical research method with descriptive research nature. The data used used secondary data as the main data with data collection techniques through literature studies and using qualitative data analysis and using a case approach contained in decision number: 1266/Pid.B/2023/ PN Mdn. The crime of counterfeiting money is regulated in Articles 244 and 245 of the Criminal Code and Law Number 7 of 2011 concerning Currency. Law enforcement against criminal acts of currency counterfeiting in Indonesia can be carried out through three stages, namely the formulation stage, the application stage and the execution stage. In deciding the criminal case of counterfeiting money, the judge considers several things that are juridical, factual, and moral.