PERTIMBANGAN HAKIM DALAM MENJATUHKAN PIDANA TERHADAP PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA PEMALSUAN UANG (Studi kasus di Pengadilan Negeri Klas IA Padang)

Abstract

Institutions in Indonesia has given the authority to issue and regulate currency in circulation is the Bank Indonesia, according to Law No. 23 of 1999 concerning Bank Indonesia. West Sumatra Police unload counterfeit money syndicates plaguing the society, especially the city of Padang in West Sumatra. The problem formulation is 1) What would be consideration a criminal judge in imposing the criminal counterfeiting in the District Court jurisdiction of Class IA Padang? 2) How does the application of punishment against criminal money counterfeiting in the jurisdiction of the District Court Class IA Padang? Research type is a socio-juridical, source of data is the primary data and secondary data, data collection techniques are: a. interview b. study documents. Data was analyzed qualitatively, results of can be concluded: 1) Consideration of judges in imposing criminal penalties against criminals money counterfeiting in the region of class IA Padang District Court the judge be see somethings, the good things that incriminate the criminal: the defendant's actions has detrimental to the state, defendant's actions disturbing the public, and mitigate criminal case: defendant admits frankly the actions, defendant actions regret and promise not to repeated again. 2) The application of punishment against criminals money counterfeiting in the area of Class IA Padang District Court in Article 245 of the Criminal Code which Council of Judges expressed the defendant validly and convincingly proved guilty by imprisonment of minimum 1(One) Year and 6 (Six) month.                                          
Keywords: Consideration, Judge, Forgery, Money.