Agreements between Indonesian private institutions and/or Indonesian individuals with foreign parties in a foreign language without an Indonesian translation or an Indonesian version cannot be the reason for cancelation the agreement.

According to Supreme Court Circular Letter Number 3 of 2023 concerning the implementation of the Formulation of the Results of the Plenary Meeting of the Supreme Court Chamber as Guidelines for courts, it states:

“Indonesian private institutions and/or Indonesian individuals, who enter into agreements with foreign parties in a foreign language without an Indonesian translation cannot be used as a reason for cancelation the agreement, unless it can be proven that the absence of an Indonesian translation is due to bad faith by one of the parties.”

That based on the above, an agreement made only in a foreign language without an Indonesian translation cannot be canceled unless there is bad faith by one of the parties.

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