Author: Yudi Setyo Prayogo, S.H., M.Kn*
Siapakah dia, apa makna jabatan (fungsi), pekerjaan, dan kedudukannya? Tulisan ini sengaja tidak diawali dengan sejerahnya, karena telah dikuliahkan dalam Mata Kuliah Peraturan Jabatan Notaris.
Kedudukan seorang notaris sebagai suatu fungsionaris dalam masyarakat hingga sekarang dirasakan masih disegani. seorang notaris biasanya dianggap sebagai seorang pejabat tempat seseorang dapat memperoleh nasihat yang bisa diandalkan. Segala sesuatu yang ditulis serta ditetapkannya (konstatir) adalah benar, ia adalah pembuat dokumen yang kuat dalam suatu proses hukum.
Oleh Prof. Mr. Dr. M.J.A. van Mourik dalam ceramahnya yang diucapkan di Jakarta pada 3 Maret 1992, seperti dikutip oleh Tan Thong Kie, menyebutkan :
The Latin Notarial Office is characterized primarily by the fact that the notary performs a public function. He is appointed through the intermediary of the government and is at the public’s service. The notary in the Latin notarial systemis
characterized by impartiality. In performing his function he takes account of the interest of all the parties involved.
The Dutch notarial system is a so called Latin notarial system. The Notary holds a public office and thus performs part of the task of the State. The official is appointed by the government and is allocated a place in which to practice. There is
no question of his choosing where to set up the practice.
In legal systems inspired by Roman Law, the notary has the power to give deeds a specific evidential value. In this context the notary has traditionally been primarily a witness who, by definition finds himself in a passive role. For a very long time the notary acted as a sort of Dictaphone. The client spoke and the notary wrote. It is in he last thirty years or so that servitude has moved into the background without, however, abandoning the field altogether.
As the Supreme court ruled ini a case in Groningen (Holland); “the function of a notary in legal matters means after all that he is professionally bound,to the best of his ability prevent misuse being made of ignorance of the law and actual
ascendancy (HR 20-1-1989, NJ 1989,766).
It is the notary’s job to promote orderly legal transactions. He is an independent and impartial councellor and the notarial deed is the symbol of legal security. The notary can be compared with the attorney, the corporate lawyer, the accountant,
the judge and the priest, but this conclusion will always be thet in the final analysis there is not a great deal of similarity. However useful and rewarding cooperation between notaries and attorneys may be, there are essential represent the interests of more then one party. He often doesn’t even understand how a notary can possibly think that he can do this. The attorney thinks partially, is partial and wants to be partial. He will go to the limits of what is permissiable in his effort to catch the other party out or make him eat dirt. Similar observations to the tax consultant, but even non-legally trained professionals like estate agents and accountants,will seldom deny their structural partiality
Demikianlah gambaran seorang notaris yang diberikan oleh Profesor itu.
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