New Supreme Court Regulation: Small Claim Court

On 7 August 2015, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia issued Regulation No. 2 of 2015 concerning Procedures on Settlement of Small Claim ("Perma No. 2 of 2015").

The small claim proceedings consist of the following stages:

1. Registration of the case;
2. Examination of the completeness of small claim;
3. Designation of the judge and designation of substitute clerk;
4. Designation of first date of hearing and summons of parties;
5. Examination of the case and initiation of amicable settlement;
6. Substantiation;
7. Pronouncement of court judgment.

The small claim hearing will be led by a sole judge who is appointed by the chairman of the court. The small claim proceedings must be settled within 25 (twenty-five) days after the first hearing.