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This study discusses the traditional settlement of criminal acts and their positive impact on the enforcement of criminal procedural law. understand sanctions in adat offenses according to the concept of customary law, cannot study them using western legal concepts. Customary law does not have a closed system of violations. In some areas the application of customary criminal law is still carried out through adat courts. in Pesisir Selatan district in 2016, the settlement of customary criminal acts against criminal gambling was applied. The suspects had the initials NM, IJ, YT, SD, TK, IN and NV gambling (seventh women) in Nagari Surantih which were resolved according to customary law with customary sanctions. Based on the agreement of the adat leaders, the police report was revoked and it was agreed that it would be resolved by custom. Sanctions given in the settlement of this crime are social sanctions. Customary settlement is carried out to stop the criminal procedure law.