The Zelfbestuursverordening of 27 July 1925 (Pidie Pantjang Alas) — printed in the 1930 compilation of Zelfbestuursverordeningen Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden as Regulation No. 4a — is the revised Pantjang Alas verordening (ordinance) of the afdeeling (district) Pidie, issued jointly by the Zelfbestuurders (self-governors) of twenty-four landschappen (territories) of the afdeeling in overleg (consultation) with the Assistent-Resident van de Afdeeling Pidië (Assistant-Resident of the District Pidië), and approved by the Gouverneur van Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden (Governor of Atjeh and Dependencies) on 3 July 1926. Repealing the earlier regeling (regulation) of 28 April 1912, it is the most detailed and comprehensive of all the Pantjang Alas verordeningen of the Gouvernement and is the model on which the parallel uitvoeringsbesluiten (implementing decisions) (Regs. 4b and 4c) for the onderafdeelingen (subdivisions) of Pidië, Takingeun, Serbeudjadi, Gajo LoeBus, and the Alaslanden were drawn.
The twenty-four signatory Zelfbestuurders
The regulation opens with the longest signatory-clause in the compilation: the Zelfbestuurders of twenty-four landschappen of the afdeeling Pidië, collectively named in the Malay column as “Zelfbestuurders dari landsehap?, Pidië, Keumangan, Ndjong, Gloempang Pajoeng, Pineueng, Ië Leubeue, Gigieng, Bambi en Oenoë, Aron, Kraeung Seumideuen, Sama Indra, Aree, Iboih, Meureudoe, Trieng Gading, Pante Radja, Reubee, Keumala, Titene, Tjoembo, Troeseb, Andeue en Lala, Me Tareuem, Ilot, Tangse en Geumpang, jang masock dalam Afdeeling Pidië” — “the Zelfbestuurders of the landschappen Pidië, Keumangan, Ndjong, Gloempang Pajoeng, Pineueng, Ië Leubeue, Gigieng, Bambi en Oenoë, Aron, Kraeung Seumideuen, Sama Indra, Aree, Iboih, Meureudoe, Trieng Gading, Pante Radja, Reubee, Keumala, Titene, Tjoembo, Troeseb, Andeue en Lala, Me Tareuem, Ilot, [and] Tangse en Geumpang, which fall within the Afdeeling Pidië.” The four onderafdeelingen of the afdeeling Pidië — Sigli, Meureudoe, Lammeulo, and Padangtidji — together contain these twenty-four landschappen, of which three (Meureudoe, Trieng Gading, and Pante Radja) had earlier, in 1918, jointly issued the Mohammedaan marriage regulation (Reg. No. 10).
Repeal of the 1912 regeling
The substantive preamble recites the repeal of the earlier Pidië Pantjang Alas regeling of 28 April 1912 — itself one of the cluster of April-1912 landschap-level regelingen that followed immediately upon the originating Meulaboh verordening of 5 April 1912 and the 18:
“Overwegende dat het wensehelijk is de regeling ddo. 28 April 1912 betreffende de heffing en inning van de z.g.n. pantjang alas te wij- zigen”
— “Whereas it is desirable to amend the regulation of 28 April 1912 concerning the heffing (levy) and inning (collection) of the so-called pantjang alas.” The twenty-four Zelfbestuurders, in overleg with the Plaatselijk Besturende Ambtenaren (Local Administering Officials) and the Assistent-Resident van de Afdeeling Pidië, and na verkregen instemming van den Gouverneur van Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden (with the obtained assent of the Governor of Atjeh and Dependencies), thus repealed the 1912 regeling and established the new one. The new regeling took effect — inwerkingtreding (entry into force) — on 1 December 1925, almost eight months before the formal goedkeuring (approval) of the Gouverneur on 3 July 1926.
Citation of Staatsblad 1919 No. 822 and 823
The recital cites the legal basis of the regulation in the Zelfbestuursregelen 1919 (Self-Government Regulations 1919) (Staatsblad No. 822 and its companion No. 823) — the colonial statute governing zelfbestuur (self-government) in the Outer Possessions that is invoked as the constitutional basis of every regulation in the compilation:
“Mengingat boenjinja Stbld. 1919 No. 822 dan 823. Gelet op Sthl. 1919 Nos, 822 en 823.”
— “Having regard to Staatsblad 1919 No. 822 and 823.” The 1919 Zelfbestuursregelen were the immediate constitutional warrant for the Zelfbestuur’s power to issue verordeningen in respect of the anak negeri (subjects) of its landschap; the goedkeuring of the Gouverneur van Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden — itself required by the same Zelfbestuursregelen — was given on 3 July 1926 (a parallel goedkeuring of the same date covers Reg. No. 4b, the uitvoeringsbesluit for the onderafdeeling Sigli).
Content and provisions
The substantive articles of the verordening are set out in the standard bilingual Malay-Dutch columnar form, with the Malay Fatsal (Article) paired with the Dutch Artikel. Fatsal 1 / Artikel 1 enumerates the taxable products: “Pantjang alas wordt gehe- ven van atap, benzoë, boomschors, damar, getah” — “Pantjang Alas is levied on atap (thatch), benzoë, boomschors (tree-bark), damar, getah (rubber)…” and continuing through the full catalogue of boschproducten (forest products): ivoor (ivory), neushoorn (rhinoceros[-horn]), was (wax), timmerhout (timber), rotan (rattan), staartpeper (long-pepper), kamfer (camphor), kaneel (cinnamon), kapoer baroes (camphor-barus), reukhout (scented-wood), houtskool (charcoal), zand (sand), zwavel (sulphur), steen (stone), and so forth. The rate, as in the originating Meulaboh verordening, is fixed at ten per cent of the quarterly valuation set by the Hoofd van gewestelijk bestuur (Head of Regional Administration) in overleg with the Zelfbestuur: “De ‘Pantjang alas’ bedraagt 10% van de waarde, welke drie manndelijks door het Hoofd van Gewest bij besluit wordt vast- gesteld.” Artikel 5 makes the Atjeh Tram a controlled transport point: “Het is verboden boschprodneten, die niet door een quitantie ziju ge- dekt ten vervoer aan te bieden aan den dienst der Atjeh Tram” — “It is forbidden to offer for transport to the service of the Atjeh Tram any boschproducten that are not covered by a quitantie (receipt).” The full text of the regulation — Fatsal 1–7 — occupies pages 25–29 of the compilation.
Significance
The Zelfbestuursverordening van 27 July 1925 is the most detailed and most broadly-scoped of all the Pantjang Alas verordeningen of the Gouvernement. Its signatory-clause naming twenty-four landschappen of the afdeeling Pidie makes it the broadest territorial Pantjang Alas regeling in the compilation — none of the other landschap-level regelingen approaches this territorial scope. The Pidië regulation was extended immediately by parallel uitvoeringsbesluiten (Reg. No. 4b for the onderafdeeling Sigli of 27 July 1925, with parallel besluiten (decisions) for the onderafdeelingen Meureudoe, Lammeulo, and Padangtidji, all in werking (operation) from 1 December 1925), and by the more elaborate Takingeun uitvoeringsbesluit (Reg. No. 4c) of 1 October 1926, which prescribed the vergunning- (permit-), vervoerpas- (transport-pass-), kwitantie- (receipt-), and kasboekje- (cashbook-)procedure in unusual detail. The comparative table extending parallel regelingen to Takingeun (1-10-1926), Serbeudjadi (1-10-1926), Gajo LoeBus (1-9-1926), and Alaslanden (1-11-1925), all in werking by 31-12-1926, makes the Pidië verordening the de facto model of the late-1920s Pantjang Alas regime. Its repeal of the earlier regeling of 28 April 1912 — itself one of the immediate successors of the originating Meulaboh verordening of 5 April 1912 — marks the second generation of Pantjang Alas verordeningen, more detailed and more systematically administered than the original April-1912 cluster.
See Also
- Pidie
- Pantjang Alas
- Zelfbestuursverordeningen Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden
- Zelfbestuur
- Zelfbestuursverordening 5 April 1912 (Meulaboh boschproducten)
- 18
- Meureudoe
- Trieng Gading
- Pante Radja
- Sigli
- Lammeulo
- Padangtidji
- Atjeh Tram
- Staatsblad 1919 No. 822
- 1925
- 1926
Source
Zelfbestuursverordeningen Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, Serie A No. 9 of the Mededeelingen van de Afdeeling Bestuurszaken der Buitengewesten van het Departement van Binnenlandsch Bestuur, Weltevreden: Landsdrukkerij, 1930, Reg. No. 4a (Zelfbestuursverordening van 27 Juli 1925), pp. 13–27 (with the comparative table of GELIJKE VERORDENINGEN and parallel regelingen of 1925–1926). OCR-filename: 20260719_030404_DLP-112-Zelfbestuursverordeningen_Atjeh_en_onderhoorigheden_Nemotron-OCR-v2_OCR.txt.