3. It is prohibited to catch and sell ornamental fish in a way that can disadvantage the village.
c. At the closing and opening time of sasi:
1. It is prohibited to cut off leaves for roofing at other people’s plantations without permission
from the owner.
2. It is prohibited to take the manggis skin without permission from the owner.
3. It is prohibited to let cows enter into other people’s plantations without permission from the
owner.
4. It is prohibited to make ketupat for sale.
5. The Itawaka and other villagers are prohibited to catch fish using explosives or other
destructive materials.
6. It is prohibited to chop down sago trees before first cutting off the branches.
7. It is prohibited to destruct young sago palms. Those who break this regulation must pay a
fine of Rp25,000 (twenty-five thousand rupiahs).
8. People from outside the Itawaka village are not allowed to take gravel and rocks (batu itam)
along the coasts within the Itawaka territory without having a permit to do so. A fine of
Rp50,000 (fifty thousand rupiahs)must be paid by those who break this regulation.
Itawaka villagers themselves who intentionally take gravel or batu itam besar to sell to people
outside the village without carrying a permit, should pay a fine of Rp10,000 (ten thousand
rupiahs).
9. People from outside Itawaka who used wood for housing purposes and other purposes by
using sensorial machinery within the territory of Itawaka without carrying a permit must
pay a fine of Rp10,000 (ten thousand rupiah).
10. People from out of the Itawaka village who enter the village to work, must carry a permit and
pay the following charges:
10.1 To process sugar palms Rp25,000
10.2 To pick cloves Rp10,000
10.3 To pick nutmegs Rp5,000
10.4 To cut wood to make a boat Rp2,500
10.5 To chop down fuel wood Rp1,000
d. On land, during the sasi opening period:
The community members are allowed to pick/gather substantive young coconuts.
e. At sea, during the sasi opening period:
The opening ceremony for sasi on marine resources, such as trochus and sea cucumbers, is
performed by the Pakter/Kepala Kewang, and then reported to the LMD for auctioning to the
Itawaka community and people from outside the village.
f. Other matters that are not included in the Kewang’s regulations will be studied further and later
added on as part of the statute and bylaws.
5. The obligations and responsibilities of the Kewang
1. The obligation of the Kewang is to monitor the land and marine resources of the village which
are sources of income for the village and to process them so that they become money. The Kewang
deposits the money to the treasurer with an acknowledgment from the Head of the LMD/Village
Head (Kepala Desa) along with a receipt from the Kewang’s treasurer.
2. The income from the village’s land and marine resources are fully used for carrying out the
governmental job in supporting the development program of the village, according to the
community’s desires/aspirations.
6. The work period of the Kewang board
1. Each Kewang board has a work period of 8 (eight) years, as decreed through the Kewang meeting
and approved by the LMD.
2. When the work period of the Kewang board is over, the Pakter holds a meeting to end the work
period of the board and elect new personnel for the new board of the Kewang. Members of the
former board can be re-elected as members of the new board; those who are not re-elected will
function as regular members of the Kewang.
7. The Kewang job division
a. Since there are 26 members of the Kewang (not including the Kewang board), it has been
decided to have four to five members of the Kewang to be on duty each month. This
was decided by considering the condition and the total area of the Itawaka territory.
8. Rules for the Kewang
This statute and bylaws include the following rules for the Kewang to be obeyed:
a. A Kewang member who intentionally or unintentionally neglects his duty without a reasonable
excuse during his month of work, will be taken action against by the board during the Kewang
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