The Ministry of Law has officially amended the procedures for announcing the establishment and amendments to the articles of incorporation of limited liability companies in the Supplement to the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia (TBNRI). Through Minister of Law Regulation No. 14 of 2026, the authority that for more than a decade had been vested in the Directorate General of General Legal Administration has now been transferred to the Directorate General of Legislation.
Not Just a Change of Number, but a Change of Administrator
The most fundamental change in Ministerial Regulation No. 14/2026 is not merely a matter of the regulation’s number and year. What has changed is who is responsible for issuing the announcement. Whereas previously this process was the sole responsibility of the Directorate General of General Legal Administration (Ditjen AHU), the Minister of Law has now mandated that the Director General of Legislation (DJPP) be responsible for its implementation.
Data regarding the incorporation, amendments to the articles of association, and even the dissolution of a corporation are no longer submitted manually but are instead transmitted through an electronic notification system managed directly by the DJPP. For notaries and legal consultants who have long been accustomed to dealing with the Directorate General of AHU for the legalization of legal entities, this means there is a new bureaucratic process that must be re-learned.
Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regulation No. 14 of 2026 also redefines the term “announcement” itself: an official government publication used to publicize the status of legal entities, either through the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia or the Supplement to the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia.
What Must Be Disclosed
The key provisions regarding the content of announcements concerning the establishment and amendment of a company’s articles of association are set forth in Article 3(2) of Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regulation No. 14 of 2026. The three documents that must be published in the Supplement to the State Gazette are:
the company’s articles of incorporation and the Ministerial Decree regarding the recognition of its legal status;
the deed of amendment to the articles of association, along with the Ministerial Decree approving the amendments that require such approval; and
a deed of amendment to the articles of incorporation for which the Minister has received notice, even though it does not require approval.
This provision essentially carries forward the spirit of Article 30 of Law No. 40 of 2007 on Limited Liability Companies, which requires the Minister to publish these three types of documents in the Supplement to the State Gazette.
Regarding the 14-Day Deadline: Is It Still in Effect or Not?
One of the most frequently asked questions by legal practitioners concerns deadlines. The old regulation explicitly set a deadline of 14 days from the date the Ministerial Decree was issued for the publication of the State Gazette Supplement. Interestingly, Ministerial Regulation No. 14 of 2026 no longer explicitly includes this deadline in its articles.
The absence of an explicit provision does not mean that the deadline requirement simply disappears. Article 30(2) of the Limited Liability Companies Act itself still stipulates a deadline of no later than 14 days from the issuance of the Ministerial Decree or from the receipt of notification of the amendment to the articles of association. Since statutory provisions take precedence over ministerial regulations and have not been repealed by Ministerial Regulation No. 14/2026, the 14-day obligation remains, in practice, binding as the primary reference.
Foundations Are Also Affected
The scope of Ministerial Regulation No. 14/2026 is not limited to limited liability companies. As indicated by its full title, this regulation also governs the publication of foundation announcements in the Supplement to the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia—an area previously regulated separately under Minister of Law and Human Rights Regulation No. M.HH-02.AH.02.01 of 2010. With the consolidation of these two regulatory regimes into a single ministerial regulation, legal entities in the form of limited liability companies (PT) and foundations are now subject to the same procedural framework.
What Business Owners and Notaries Need to Prepare
For notaries, consultants specializing in the incorporation of limited liability companies (PT), and foundation administrators, there are several practical steps worth taking in preparation for the full implementation of these regulations:
Ensure access to the DJPP electronic system. Since data submissions now go through the system managed by the DJPP—and no longer entirely through the AHU channel as before—the internal administrative processes of notary offices or companies need to be adjusted.
Continue to adhere to the 14-day deadline. Although it is no longer explicitly stated in Ministerial Regulation No. 14/2026, the provisions of the Limited Liability Companies Act remain a safe guideline to ensure that the public notice of a legal entity is not delayed.
Please note the requirements for the three types of documents under Article 3(2)—articles of incorporation, amendments requiring approval, and amendments that only require notification—as each is subject to different publication requirements.
This transfer of authority from the Directorate General of AHU to the Directorate General of DJPP reflects a broader direction of legal administrative reform within the Ministry of Law: separating the function of legal entity registration from that of official government publication. For the business community, the most important thing is not only to understand who now has the authority, but also to ensure that the process of announcing their legal entities is not disrupted during this transition period.
