TINJAUAN YURIDIS TINDAK PIDANA PEMALSUAN TANDA TANGAN PADA SURAT (Suatu Studi Di Kejaksaan Negeri Kendari)

Abstract

This study aims to determine the factors causing forgery of signatures on letters and the prevention of forgery of signatures on letters. The study was conducted in Kendari City, precisely at the Kendari District Attorney's Office. This study uses descriptive research because the data obtained in the field is presented descriptively using the empirical normative approach method. Based on the analysis of the data and facts that the author has obtained, the author concludes, among others: a. The causes of the crime of forgery of signatures on letters, namely Making by imitating the signature of someone who does not exist, such as someone who has died or fictitiously (made up); Making by imitating the signature of another person either with their consent or not. The signature referred to here includes a signature using a signature stamp. While the act of forging (vervalsen) a letter is the act of changing in any way by a person who is not entitled to a letter which results in some or all of its contents being different from the contents of the original letter. b) The handling of legal actions that can be taken on allegations of criminal acts of falsification of the a quo documents can be carried out based on the provisions of applicable procedural law, both through litigation (in court) and outside the court, from the time of the investigation at the Regional Police by the Investigator until the case is completed.