Pelaksanaan Hukum Perkawinan Masyarakat Adat Gayo di Kabupaten Bener Meriah (Penelitian pada Kantor Majelis Adat Gayo)

Abstract

Indonesia guarantees the customary law and its traditional rights as long as the customary law is still valid and does not eliminate the principle of the Republic of Indonesia. By not violating the rules made by the State, the indigenous people of Gayo also have conditions under which this regulation has been carried out long before the State law or the law which is governing the marriage exists. The problems that will be examined in the issue of implementing the marriage law of the indigenous people of Gayo are: 1). what are the legal requirements for marriage in Gayonese, 2). what are the sanctions / consequences of violations of Gayo's traditional marriage law. Marriage is an inner and outer bond between a man and a woman as a husband and wife with the aim of forming an eternal happy family based on believe in the one supreme God. Gayo Customary Assembly (Majelis Adat Gayo) is one of the customary institutions in authority to resolve disputes that exist in the Gayo indigenous community in Bener Meriah Regency in accordance with Aceh Regional Regulation Number 10 of 2008 concerning the establishment of Customary Institutions. This research was compiled using the Normative Juridical research method, which is a research method that uses a variety of secondary data. This research is descriptive research analysis that is a research that describes what it is about a legal event or legal condition. The research was conducted at the Gayo Customary Assembly (Majelis Adat Gayo) office in the village of Hakim Tungul Naru on Bale Atu- Simpang Tiga Redelong Bukit District, Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh Province. The Research Library (Library Research) and Field research are used for the data collection techniques. The results of the discussions that are carried out in the Gayo Customary Assembly imposed the implementation of the marriage law of the Gayo community which was regulated in the Central Aceh Regulation number 09 of 2002. The Customary Assembly (Majelis Adat) has the authority to resolve disputes and consider sanctions given to violators or offenders of the customary law. The Customary Assembly (Majelis Adat) prioritizes the concept of dispute resolution referring to justice, kinship, deliberation, honesty of justice in front of the law, trustworthiness and trusted, fast process and low cost.