JAKARTA – The Regional Office of the National Land Agency (BPN) in Bali Province considers the implementation of the Electronic Land Certificate to be one of the important steps to strengthen the protection of land rights while narrowing the scope of land mafia practices.
Head of the Dispute Control and Handling Division of the BPN Bali Provincial Office, Hardiansyah, said that the electronic system not only changed the form of the certificate from physical to digital, but also presented a more stringent monitoring mechanism for every change in land data.
“To change one coordinate point alone, we need a team. Every process must go through multiple verification and supervision stages,” Hardiansyah told VOI, Friday, June 12.
According to him, every activity related to land data in an electronic system will leave a traceable record.
This is one of the fundamental differences compared to the conventional land administration system.
“This system is designed to leave a digital footprint that cannot be simply removed. Every party that accesses or processes data will be recorded in the system,” he said.
Hardiansyah explained that the implementation of electronic certificates is also aimed at increasing legal certainty for the community.
In addition to reducing the risk of loss or damage to physical documents, this new system is expected to strengthen transparency in land services.
However, he admitted that digital transformation in the land sector still faces a number of challenges, ranging from data migration processes to the need for education to the public who are not accustomed to technology-based services.
According to him, socialization is an important factor to make the public understand that the physical certificate that they currently have is still valid and does not automatically lose its legal force.
“Many people still think that physical certificates will immediately be invalid. That’s not true. The certificates that exist today are still valid. The electronic system is there to increase the security and certainty of land administration,” he explained.
Regarding the cost, Hardiansyah said that the conversion of physical certificates into electronic certificates is subject to the applicable provisions.
In certain processes, BPN officers can also conduct checks and re-measurements to ensure the consistency of physical data with data that will be stored in the electronic system.
The government is currently continuing to encourage the implementation of electronic certificates as part of the modernization of national land services.
This step is expected not only to increase service efficiency, but also to strengthen the protection of people’s rights to land amid the increasing complexity of land disputes in various regions.
With a more integrated and digitally documented system, BPN hopes that public confidence in land administration can continue to increase while narrowing the opportunity for data misuse and land mafia practices.
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