Regulation Watch · Business Licensing · Indonesia
PT Gazette Publication Now Runs Through SABH
Minister of Law Regulation 14/2026 makes publication of PT formations and articles-of-association amendments an electronic process integrated with SABH; the State Gazette number is generated only after the applicable PNBP is paid.
- Published
- Enacted on 13 August and promulgated on 20 August 2026 in State Bulletin 2026 No. 583.
- Effective
- 20 August 2026. The regulation separately applies the announcement tariff from 1 August 2026.
- Added to Watch
- 15 September 2026
Who is affected
All Indonesian limited-liability companies, including PT PMA companies and individual companies, their foreign and domestic shareholders, directors and commissioners, notaries, liquidators, creditors, and transaction parties relying on a company's State Gazette publication record.
Practical impact
PT formation, articles amendments, and qualifying corporate notifications are now passed electronically from SABH to the Ministry of Law's announcement system. Publication is not completed merely because an AHU approval or receipt has been issued: after the announcement PNBP is paid, the system generates the layout and BNRI or TBNRI number. The rule also creates a dedicated electronic route for dissolution and liquidation announcements, including a 30-calendar-day filing limit for a dissolution notice.
Late discovery: Minister of Law Regulation 14/2026 was enacted on 13 August and promulgated on 20 August 2026, replacing the separate 2010 procedures for PT and foundation announcements. It remains actionable because the electronic service and its payment requirements are already operating, and companies should verify that recent AHU transactions reached final publication rather than stopping at approval.
The regulation separates corporate approval from official publication. For a PT formation, the TBNRI announcement contains the deed of establishment and the Minister's legal-entity decision. For an articles amendment requiring approval, it contains the amendment deed and approval decision; for an amendment accepted by notification, it contains the amendment deed. These records are passed electronically from SABH into the announcement system, so the notary should not need to re-enter the same corporate data.
Payment remains a completion gate. The notary or liquidator pays the applicable announcement PNBP through the online state-revenue system. Only after payment is received does DJPP generate the publication layout and BNRI or TBNRI number. If payment is not made, the system states that the decision or notification has not yet been announced. DJPP's official implementation guidance cites a 45-calendar-day payment deadline from the date the service is provided, making older unpaid billing codes an immediate review item.
Dissolution and liquidation follow a distinct route. A notary or liquidator must request the dissolution announcement through DJPP's electronic system within 30 calendar days after dissolution and attach the legal basis and the newspaper notice to creditors. The liquidator separately files the proposed distribution of liquidation proceeds with its newspaper notice; the Minister is to publish that plan within 60 calendar days after receiving a complete request.
A company should treat the final BNRI or TBNRI record as part of its permanent corporate evidence. Before a financing, share transfer, director or commissioner change, investment round, merger, acquisition, or dissolution, compare the deed, AHU decision or receipt, payment evidence, and publication number. DJPP has also confirmed that an event already announced through Perum PNRI is not withdrawn or announced again under the new system.
Required action
- For every PT or PT PMA formation and articles amendment, require the notary to confirm both the SABH approval or receipt and the separate BNRI or TBNRI announcement status, including payment and the issued publication number.
- Review corporate services processed from 1 August 2026 for an unpaid announcement billing code or a decision or notification that remains marked as not yet announced, and settle or resolve it within the billing period shown by the official system.
- Keep the AHU decision or receipt, announcement billing evidence, payment receipt, final layout, and BNRI or TBNRI number together in the company's statutory records and transaction data room.
- If a company is dissolved, have the notary or liquidator submit the electronic BNRI announcement no later than 30 calendar days after the dissolution date, with the dissolution basis and evidence of the creditor notice in a newspaper.
- For a proposed distribution of liquidation proceeds, ensure the liquidator files through the announcement system with the newspaper notice of the proposed distribution; track the Ministry's 60-calendar-day publication period from receipt of a complete application.
- Do not submit a duplicate announcement through the new system when the same corporate event was already announced through Perum PNRI; preserve the earlier publication evidence instead.