The Legality of Law Enforcement Against Illegal Levies Conducted by Customary Village in Bali

Illegal levies are criminological terms that refer to the imposition of fees in a place that is not supposed to be charged or collected. Eradication of illegal levies in various public sectors is a comprehensive effort carried out by the government in conducting clean and transparent governance. Efforts to eradicate illegal payments are increasingly being carried out since the issuance of the Republic of Indonesia's Presidential Regulation Number 87 of 2016 concerning the Task Force for Clean Sweep of Illegal Levies. Law enforcement on illegal fees is carried out from the central, regional, and village levels. Eradication of illegal levies is also carried out against illegal acts carried out by traditional villagers who collect money from the community. This has become a posture because until now there is no clear measure of the definition of donations and contributions made by traditional villages and which are included as illegal levies. In this study two issues will be discussed, namely the authority of the customary village in collecting funds from the community and law enforcement against illegal levies carried out by customary villages. ustomary villages have the authority to carry out legal actions as long as they are stipulated in awig-awig(customary village regulations) and pararem (the result of a customary village agreement to implement awig-awig). Illegal levies are criminal acts that can be fraud, extortion or corruption. Law enforcement on illegal levies carried out by customary villages can be carried out as long as it fulfills the elements of criminal acts.