LEGAL CERTAINTY OF THE KAPOLRI CIRCULAR LETTER NUMBER SE/7/VII/2018 CONCERNING TERMINATION OF INVESTIGATIONS IN INDONESIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURES

Abstract

The Chief of Police on July 27, 2018, issued a Circular Letter from the Chief of Police Number: SE/7/VI/2018 concerning Termination of Investigation. This research contains problems, namely: (1) what is the legal position of the Circular Letter of the Chief of Police Number SE/7/VII/2018 concerning the termination of investigations in Indonesia; and (2) what is the legal certainty of the concerning National Police Chief's Circular Letter Number SE/7/VII/2018 concerning the termination of investigations in Indonesian criminal procedural law. The author uses normative legal research methods, with statutory, conceptual and case approaches, which are then analyzed qualitatively. This research also concluded, namely: first, the National Police Chief's Circular Letter Number: SE/7/VI/2018 concerning Termination of Investigations has no legal standing in the hierarchy of statutory regulations. And secondly, the National Police Chief's Circular Letter Number: SE/7/VI/2018 concerning Termination of Investigation does not provide a guarantee of legal certainty.