As an implementation of Law Number 5 of 1960 concerning Basic
Regulations on Agrarian Principles (UUPA), the government issued Law
Number 56 Prp of 1960 concerning Determination of Agricultural Land
Areas with the Implementation of Government Regulation Number 224 of
1961 concerning Implementation of Land Distribution and Compensation ,
in Article 3 paragraph (1) PP No. 224 of 1961 jo. Article 1 PP No. 41/1964
regulates the prohibition of absentee/guntai land ownership, which states
that ownership of agricultural land by people who live outside the subdistrict
where
the
land
is
located
is
prohibited,
namely
so
that
farmers
can

be

active and effective in working on their agricultural land, so that
productivity can be optimized.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the
implementation of the abstentee/guntai prohibition of agricultural land
ownership in Kupang City, NTT had been carried out properly and what
factors were the causes of absentee ownership of agricultural land.
The conclusion obtained in this study is that the Kupang City BPN
will conduct an Inventory of Ownership of Land Use and Utilization (IP4T),
and will conduct socialization to the Regional Government, Notaries and
PPAT on PP 41 of 1964, especially article 3d which explains the prohibition
of absentee ownership of agricultural land. And what is a factor in absentee
ownership of agricultural land is the lack of public knowledge of this
prohibition.