<![CDATA[Regulations regarding advocates as one of the suspect subjects in money laundering crimes are regulated in Government Regulation Number 61 of 2021 on Amendments of Government Regulation Number 43 of 2015 on Reporting Parties in the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes (Government Regulation No.61/2021), but on the other hand in Law Number 18 of 2003 on Advocates (Law No.18/2003), Advocates are obliged to maintain client confidentiality relating to the legal position of service users (clients). The lack of harmonization between the substance of Government Regulation No.61/2021 and the Advocates Law has drawn criticism from some advocates because it is considered to conflict with the regulation of immunity rights in the profession of advocates. So, the problem is whether advocates can be used as suspect subjects according to Government Regulation 61/2021. This research uses a normative juridical research method based on library legal materials consisting of primary and secondary legal material. The results obtained from this research are that the principle of lex superior derogate legi inferiori in Article 8 paragraph (1) of Government Regulation No.61/2021 is contrary to Article 19 paragraph (1) of Law No.18/2003, so that advocates cannot be made suspect subjects according to Government Regulation No.61/2021. The rules regarding Advocates as suspects should be regulated in Law Number 8 of 2010 on Money Laundry Crime.]]>
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