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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/569/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 569 - Presumptions of law; j...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 569 - Presumptions of law; judicial notice
Neither presumption of law nor matters of which judicial notice is taken need be stated in an indictment. History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 49, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/570/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 570 - Allegation of previous...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 570 - Allegation of previous conviction
In an indictment charging the fact of a previous conviction of a public offense, or of an attempt to commit a public offense, it is sufficient to state “that the defendant, before the commission of the offense charged in this indictment, was sentenced for the offense of _________ (giving the name of the offense) in ___...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/571/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 571 - Several defendants
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 571 - Several defendants
When an accusation is made against several defendants, an indictment may be found against some of them and not against others. History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 51, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/572/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 572 - Grounds for setting as...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 572 - Grounds for setting aside indictment
The indictment must be set aside by the court upon motion of the defendant made at the time of the reading of the indictment, in any of the following cases: (1) Where it is not found, indorsed or presented as prescribed in this chapter: (2) When a person has been permitted to be present during the deliberations of the ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/573/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 573 - Waiver of objections
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 573 - Waiver of objections
If the motion to set aside the indictment is not made, the defendant is precluded from afterwards taking the objections mentioned in § 572 of this title, and no objection of any kind whatsoever to the panel or to an individual grand juror either by challenge, motion to quash, or otherwise, shall be considered by the co...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/574/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 574 - Hearing and decision o...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 574 - Hearing and decision of motion to set aside indictment
The provision of §§ 147, 148 and 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be applicable to all proceedings had before or after a motion to set aside an indictment. History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 54, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/575/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 575 - Grand juror not to ser...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 575 - Grand juror not to serve as petit juror
No grand juror who has taken part in the deliberations as to a charge against a person accused of the commission of an offense shall thereafter serve as a petit juror on the trial of such person for the commission of the same offense. History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 55, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/576/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 576 - “Juror” or “jurors”, d...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 576 - “Juror” or “jurors”, defined for penal code
The word “juror” or “jurors,” as used in Title 33, the Penal Code of Puerto Rico, shall include the members of the Grand and of the Petit Jury. History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 56, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/577/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577)›Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577)›§ 577 - Procedure after filing...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART III - Pleadings and Proceedings After Information Filed and Before Commencement of Trial (§§ 291 — 577) › Chapter 33 - Grand Jury (§§ 521 — 577) › § 577 - Procedure after filing of indictment
An indictment having been filed with the court by the Grand Jury, the same procedure as in the case of an information by the prosecuting attorney, shall be followed subsequently as far as possible. History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 57, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iv/chapter-39/636/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911)›Chapter 39 - The Jury (§§ 611 — 640)›§ 636 - Summoning of additional jurors if list is ex...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911) › Chapter 39 - The Jury (§§ 611 — 640) › § 636 - Summoning of additional jurors if list is exhausted
Should a jury not be obtained for the trial of a cause from all the jurors selected by the commissioners, the court may proceed forthwith and supply a sufficient number of juror for the trial of said cause. The court shall direct the marshal to summon a sufficient number of qualified persons as such jurors until such j...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iv/chapter-39/637/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911)›Chapter 39 - The Jury (§§ 611 — 640)›§ 637 - Summoning of additional jurors if list is ex...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911) › Chapter 39 - The Jury (§§ 611 — 640) › § 637 - Summoning of additional jurors if list is exhausted—Oath of marshal
Whenever it may be necessary to summon jurors who have not been selected by the jury commissioners, the court shall administer to the marshal and his deputies the following oath: “You do solemnly swear that you will, to the best of your ability, and without bias of prejudice towards any party, summon such jurors as may...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iv/chapter-39/639/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911)›Chapter 39 - The Jury (§§ 611 — 640)›§ 639 - Penalty for failure of juror to appear
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911) › Chapter 39 - The Jury (§§ 611 — 640) › § 639 - Penalty for failure of juror to appear
If any person summoned to appear as trial juror fails, refuses, or neglects to appear he shall be considered guilty of contempt of court and may be fined by the court in any sum not less than five (5) dollars nor more than twenty-five (25) dollars; and if any person, when second order or attachment is issued, neglects ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iv/chapter-43/750/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911)›Chapter 43 - The Trial (§§ 711 — 752)›§ 750 - Costs in criminal cases; payment by defenda...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911) › Chapter 43 - The Trial (§§ 711 — 752) › § 750 - Costs in criminal cases; payment by defendant
As provided below, the sum of forty dollars ($40) shall be paid for each unjustified motion or petition for stay of the trial of a contentious case in the Court of First Instance filed, orally or in writing, by the defendant or his/her attorney. Likewise, the sum of twenty dollars ($20) shall be paid for each motion or...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iv/chapter-43/752/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911)›Chapter 43 - The Trial (§§ 711 — 752)›§ 752 - Fees for witnesses and jurors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911) › Chapter 43 - The Trial (§§ 711 — 752) › § 752 - Fees for witnesses and jurors
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized, upon consideration of the amounts available in the budget, and other essential factors, to promulgate regulations to fix the types of honorariums, including per diems and mileage, for the witnesses and jurors that appear before the courts of ju...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iv/chapter-45/781/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911)›Chapter 45 - Conduct of Jury After Submission of Cause (§§ 781 — 783-788)›§ 781 - Room fo...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911) › Chapter 45 - Conduct of Jury After Submission of Cause (§§ 781 — 783-788) › § 781 - Room for jury
A room must be provided for the use of the jury, upon their retirement for deliberation, with suitable furniture, lights and stationery. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 272.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iv/chapter-45/782/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911)›Chapter 45 - Conduct of Jury After Submission of Cause (§§ 781 — 783-788)›§ 782 - Food an...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IV - Proceedings After the Commencement of Trial and Before Judgment (§§ 611 — 911) › Chapter 45 - Conduct of Jury After Submission of Cause (§§ 781 — 783-788) › § 782 - Food and lodging
While the jury are kept together either during the progress of the trial or after their retirement for deliberation, they must be provided with suitable and sufficient food and lodging by the court officer. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 273.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-59/969/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 59 - Judgment (§§ 951 — 970)›§ 969 - Entry of judgment of conviction; record of action
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 59 - Judgment (§§ 951 — 970) › § 969 - Entry of judgment of conviction; record of action
When judgment upon a conviction is rendered, the clerk must enter the same in the minutes, stating briefly the offense for which the conviction was had, and the fact of a prior conviction (if one) and must, within five (5) days, annex together and file the following papers, which will constitute a record of the action:...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-59/970/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 59 - Judgment (§§ 951 — 970)›§ 970 - Disposition of fines, penalties, and costs in criminal cases
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 59 - Judgment (§§ 951 — 970) › § 970 - Disposition of fines, penalties, and costs in criminal cases
All fines and penalties, and all costs in criminal cases, imposed and collected by any court of Puerto Rico shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Government, but fifty percent (50%) thereof shall be credited to the fund of the University of Puerto Rico. The payment of fines or penalties shall be made electronic...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-61/995/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 61 - Execution (§§ 991 — 995)›§ 995 - Death penalty abolished
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 61 - Execution (§§ 991 — 995) › § 995 - Death penalty abolished
The death penalty is hereby definitively abolished in Puerto Rico. History —Apr. 26, 1929, No. 42, p. 232, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1026/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1026 - Probation system—Establishment in courts
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1026 - Probation system—Establishment in courts
There is hereby established a system of probation in the courts of Puerto Rico. History —Apr. 3, 1946, No. 259, p. 534, § 1; May 4, 1949, No. 177, p. 556, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1027/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1027 - Probation system—Suspended sentence and probation; fine; restit...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1027 - Probation system—Suspended sentence and probation; fine; restitution; custody and supervision
The Court of First Instance may suspend the effect of the sentence of imprisonment in all cases of felonies and in all cases of misdemeanors that arise from the same facts or from the same transactions other than: (1) Felony with penalty in the classifications of first degree or second degree as typified in the new Pen...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1027a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1027a - Probation system—Additional conditions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1027a - Probation system—Additional conditions
The trial court, in all cases in which it directs that the person who is sentenced is to be released on probation, shall impose and state in writing, as part of the condition of probation, the commitment of the parolee not to engage in criminal conduct nor relate to persons known for their participation in illegal acti...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1028/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1028 - Probation system—Duration of probation; disciplinary regime and...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1028 - Probation system—Duration of probation; disciplinary regime and treatment plan
The duration of the probation period referred to in §§ 1026-1029 of this title shall be the same as the duration of the term fixed in the sentence. During the probation period the Corrections Administration shall exercise the degree of supervision it may consider necessary to accomplish the rehabilitation of the person...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1029/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1029 - Probation system—Revocation of probation; reports on conduct
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1029 - Probation system—Revocation of probation; reports on conduct
At any time that a person’s probation is incompatible with the needed security of the community or with the purpose of rehabilitating the criminal, the trial court may, in its judgment, revoke said probation and shall order the confinement of the convicted person for the full term of the sentence whose execution was or...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1030/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1030 - Suspended sentence in misdemeanor cases when defendant is under...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1030 - Suspended sentence in misdemeanor cases when defendant is under 16 or over 60
Judges at the time of passing sentence, may suspend the execution of such sentences as they may impose in cases of midemeanor when the defendant is under sixteen (16) years of age or over sixty (60), provided the defendant shall not have been previously convicted of any crime. History —Mar. 12, 1914, No. 19, p. 151, § ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1031/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1031 - Suspended sentence in misdemeanor cases when defendant is under...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1031 - Suspended sentence in misdemeanor cases when defendant is under 16 or over 60—Conditions; conviction of new cri...
During the term of any sentence which has been suspended, the defendant shall remain subject to the control of the court in which the sentence was imposed, and the judge of such court shall have authority to prescribe the conditions for the suspension of the sentence and when satisfied of the misbehavior of the defenda...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1039/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1039 - Time served before suspension of sentence
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1039 - Time served before suspension of sentence
The time that a person may have been deprived of his liberty under a sentence which is subsequently suspended, shall be fully deducted from the prison term that said person must serve in case he has to resume the serving of said sentence. History —Apr. 10, 1946, No. 293, p. 752, § 4.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1040/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1040 - Time served before suspension of sentence—Application to concur...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1040 - Time served before suspension of sentence—Application to concurrent and consecutive sentences
Neither all nor part of the time to be deducted according to the provisions of §§ 1039-1041 of this title shall be deducted from two or more prison terms at the same time, that is, concurrently. If, after covering a prison term by deducting part of the time that a person may have been deprived of his liberty, as provid...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1041/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1041 - Time served before suspension of sentence—Preference of deducti...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1041 - Time served before suspension of sentence—Preference of deductions
The deductions mentioned in §§ 1039-1041 of this title shall be made by the proper penal authorities with preference over any other reductions or deductions authorized by other laws, except where it is otherwise provided in said laws. History —Apr. 10, 1946, No. 293, p. 752, § 6.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1042 - Suspended sentences in felony cases and certain cases of misdem...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1042 - Suspended sentences in felony cases and certain cases of misdemeanor when defendant is under 21 years old
The Judges of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized, in the exercise of their discretion, to grant suspended sentences in any felony case, except murder in the first degree, when the use or the attempted use of a firearm is involved in the commission or the attempted commission of a felony, o...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1043/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1043 - Suspended sentences in felony cases and certain cases of misdem...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1043 - Suspended sentences in felony cases and certain cases of misdemeanor when defendant is under 21 years old—Pendi...
The provisions of § 1042 of this title and this section shall moreover be applicable in their effects to all cases pending judgment and all minors already sentenced on the date of the approval of this act if the said cases meet the requirements herein established and if the said minors have not reached 21 years of age....
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044)›Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044)›§ 1044 - Fixed sentence system on sentence of imprisonment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART V - Judgment and Execution (§§ 951 — 1044) › Chapter 63 - Form and Effect of Sentence (§§ 1021 — 1044) › § 1044 - Fixed sentence system on sentence of imprisonment
The fixed sentence system is hereby established in Puerto Rico. When the court orders a sentence of imprisonment, it shall hand down a fixed sentence with a specific term of duration. In felony cases a fixed term established by law shall be imposed for the crime committed. Should there be extenuating or aggravating cir...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-vi/chapter-73/1171/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VI - Appeals to Supreme Court (§§ 1071 — 1172)›Chapter 73 - Judgment Upon Appeal (§§ 1171 — 1172)›§ 1171 - Errors not affecting rights or not excepted to; fundamental errors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VI - Appeals to Supreme Court (§§ 1071 — 1172) › Chapter 73 - Judgment Upon Appeal (§§ 1171 — 1172) › § 1171 - Errors not affecting rights or not excepted to; fundamental errors
Whenever it appears from the record in any criminal case upon appeal in the Supreme Court, that any requirement of the law has been disregarded by the trial court, the judgment shall not be reversed, unless the error appearing from the record was calculated to injure the rights of either of the parties, and was duly ex...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1465/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1465 - Penalty for disobedience of a subpoena or refusa...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1465 - Penalty for disobedience of a subpoena or refusal to testify
Disobedience of a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn, or to testify as a witness, may be punished by the court as a crime of contumacy or contempt. Any witness who disobeys a subpoena issued by petition of the defendant, unless he shows good cause for failing to appear, is liable to the defendant for the sum of one hun...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1471/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1471 - Attendance of witnesses—Summoning witnesses in P...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1471 - Attendance of witnesses—Summoning witnesses in Puerto Rico to testify in another territory or st...
If a judge of a court of record in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions in Puerto Rico, certifies under the seal of such court that there is a criminal prosecution for a felony pending in such court, that a person being wi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1472/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1472 - Attendance of witnesses—Witnesses from another s...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1472 - Attendance of witnesses—Witnesses from another state or territory summoned to testify in Puerto ...
If a person in any state which, by its laws, has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions in Puerto Rico is a material witness in a prosecution for felony pending in the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, the judge of such court may issue a certificate...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1473/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1473 - Attendance of witnesses—Exemption from arrest an...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1473 - Attendance of witnesses—Exemption from arrest and service of process
If a person comes to Puerto Rico in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in a criminal prosecution in this Commonwealth, he shall not, while in this Commonwealth pursuant to such summons, be subject to arrest or to the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose b...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1474/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1474 - Attendance of witnesses—Uniformity of interpreta...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1474 - Attendance of witnesses—Uniformity of interpretation
Sections 1471-1475 of this title shall be interpreted with regard to their general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact and promulgate them. History —May 13, 1934, No. 60, p. 416, § 4, eff. 90 days after May 13, 1934.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1475 - Attendance of witnesses—Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1475 - Attendance of witnesses—Short title
Sections 1471-1475 of this title shall be known as “Uniform act to secure the attendance of witnesses within or from without the Commonwealth in criminal cases”. History —May 13, 1934, No. 60, p.416, § 5, eff. 90 days after May 13, 1934.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1475a - Prisoners as witnesses within or without Puerto...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1475a - Prisoners as witnesses within or without Puerto Rico in criminal cases—Hearing on certificate f...
If a judge of a court of record in a state or territory whose laws authorize the summoning of witnesses confined in penal and correctional institutions within the state to appear before the courts of Puerto Rico, certifies that there is a criminal case pending before such court or before a grand jury, and that an inmat...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1475b - Prisoners as witnesses within or without Puerto...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1475b - Prisoners as witnesses within or without Puerto Rico in criminal cases—Order by superior judge;...
If at such hearing the judge finds that the inmate is a material witness in the summoning jurisdiction, he shall issue an order for the inmate to appear before the court where the criminal case is being tried, all subject to such conditions as the judge may impose, including, among others, provisions for the return of ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1475c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1475c - Prisoners as witnesses within or without Puerto...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1475c - Prisoners as witnesses within or without Puerto Rico in criminal cases—Agreements by Secretary ...
The Secretary of Justice is hereby empowered to act on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the making of agreements with the authorities of the summoning jurisdiction, whenever he may see fit, for proper compliance with the orders of the Court of First Instance, and shall forward a copy thereof to the House of...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1476/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1476 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1476 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from prosecution—Duty of witness to testify and prod...
Any person summoned as a witness by any prosecuting attorney or magistrate shall be bound to appear and testify or produce books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence required of him in any criminal investigation, proceeding, or process. History —Mar. 18, 1954, No. 3, p. 108, § 1.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1477 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1477 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from prosecution—Claim of privilege against self-inc...
If, having appeared, such person refuses to answer any question or to produce the evidence required alleging that it might incriminate him, the magistrate shall, motu proprio or at the request of the prosecuting attorney, make a record of the proceedings, and after hearing and setting forth on the record the allegation...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1478 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1478 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from prosecution—Immunity from prosecution
When a person has obeyed such an order so given, he shall not be prosecuted, nor shall he be subject to any penalty or confiscation whatsoever with regard to any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he has testified or produced evidence, if from such testimony or evidence it actually appears that said person h...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1479/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479)›§ 1479 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 99 - Compelling Attendance of Witnesses (§§ 1461 — 1479) › § 1479 - Compelling production of evidence; immunity from prosecution—Procedure on violations; penalties
Every violation of §§ 1476 and 1477 of this title shall be heard in a summary proceeding in which the defendant shall be allowed two (2) days to answer the complaint and make the allegations he may deem pertinent. The hearing shall be held within the five (5) days following the defendant’s answer. Any person violating ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117a/1723-1723i/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117A - Uniform Seizure Act (1988)›§ 1723—1723i - Repealed. Act July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 29, effective July 12, 20...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117A - Uniform Seizure Act (1988) › § 1723—1723i - Repealed. Act July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 29, effective July 12, 2011
History —July 13, 1988, No. 93, p. 378, § 2; Aug. 16, 1989, No. 55, p. 255, § 1; June 10, 1993, No. 14, § 1; Aug. 28, 1996, No. 167, § 1; Jan. 14, 2000, No. 32, § 1; Jan. 1, 2003, No. 18, § 1; Repealed. Act.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117A - Uniform Seizure Act (1988)›§ 1723k-1 - Repealed. Act July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 29, effective July 12, 2011
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117A - Uniform Seizure Act (1988) › § 1723k-1 - Repealed. Act July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 29, effective July 12, 2011
History —July 12, 1988, No. 93, p. 377, added as § 13 on Aug. 16, 1989, No. 55, p. 225, § 5; Repealed. Act.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117A - Uniform Seizure Act (1988)›§ 1723l—1723p - Repealed. Act July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 29, effective July 12, 2...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117A - Uniform Seizure Act (1988) › § 1723l—1723p - Repealed. Act July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 29, effective July 12, 2011
History —July 13, 1988, No. 93, p. 377, § 14; Aug. 16, 1989, No. 55, p. 225, § 6; Mar. 25, 1999, No. 99, § 3; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724 - Forfeiture Board
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724 - Forfeiture Board
The Forfeiture Board is hereby created attached to the Department of Justice. The duty of the Board shall be to maintain custody, preserve, control, and dispose of property seized by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through forfeiture proceedings. The Board shall be composed of the Secretary of Justice who shall be its ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724a - Forfeiture Board—Administrative Director
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724a - Forfeiture Board—Administrative Director
The Chair of the Board shall appoint, with the approval thereof, the Administrative Director of the Board. This official shall discharge specific functions, as determined and delegated by the Board and its Chair, and shall oversee the implementation of the established administrative and operational policies. The Admini...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724b - Forfeiture Board—Functions, powers, and duties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724b - Forfeiture Board—Functions, powers, and duties
The Board shall also have the following powers, functions, and duties: (a) To keep a record of all the property seized by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through forfeiture proceedings and compile the information on any forfeiture proceedings conducted. (b) To prescribe an administrative procedure by regulations whereb...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724c - Special Forfeiture Fund
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724c - Special Forfeiture Fund
The Special Forfeiture Fund 240 is hereby established in the Books of the Department of the Treasury, as created by virtue of Act No. 93 of July 13, 1988, as amended, without a fiscal year limitation, to be administered by the Forfeiture Board, and all proceeds from the sale or transfer of forfeited property, as well a...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724d - Forfeiture Board—Annual report
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724d - Forfeiture Board—Annual report
The Board shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly not later than September 1st. Said report shall include an itemization of the covered funds and the use thereof during the immediately preceding calendar year. Likewise, it shall include an inventory of forfeited property under the cus...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724e - Proceeding—Forfeiture
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724e - Proceeding—Forfeiture
Forfeitures shall be civil proceedings initiated against property and independent from any other criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding that may be initiated against the owner or holder of the property seized under the provisions of any law that authorizes the seizure of property by the State. History —July 12, ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724f - Property subject to forfeiture
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724f - Property subject to forfeiture
It shall be forfeited to the Government of Puerto Rico, any property constituting or derived from any proceeds of, or used to commit, a felony and misdemeanor for which the law authorizes forfeiture, when said felonies and misdemeanors are classified by the Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, controlled subs...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724g - Property subject to forfeiture—Seizure
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724g - Property subject to forfeiture—Seizure
The seizure of property subject to forfeiture shall be carried out by the law enforcement agency or the official responsible for enforcing the chapter, either by himself or through his representatives, or police or law enforcement officers with a warrant issued by a competent judge or court, or without a previous court...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724h - Property subject to forfeiture—Inventory
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724h - Property subject to forfeiture—Inventory
When seizing property in accordance with any forfeiture law, the official under whose authority the property was seized shall prepare an inventory, in the presence of the person whose property is being seized, if he/she is available, and provide said person with a copy thereof. History —July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 11.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724i - Forfeited property—Report to the Administrative ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724i - Forfeited property—Report to the Administrative Director of the Forfeiture Board
The official under whose authority the seizure was carried out or the person on to whom he/she delegates shall submit to the Administrative Director the forfeited property and any documents stating the facts and circumstances that led to the seizure, a copy of the forfeited property inventory, as well as the names of a...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724j - Forfeited property—Notice of forfeiture
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724j - Forfeited property—Notice of forfeiture
The Administrative Director of the Board shall notify the forfeiture and the appraisal of the forfeited property to the following persons: (a) The person in possession of the property at the time it was seized. (b) Those persons that the Administrative Director considers to be the owners due to the circumstances, infor...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724k - Forfeited property—Provisional custody
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724k - Forfeited property—Provisional custody
The Administrative Director may provide that seized property be kept under the custody of the agency which seized it up to forty-five (45) days and, subsequently, shall order the transfer thereof to a location which provides the most protection and security. History —July 12, 2011, No. 119, § 14.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724l - Forfeited property—Contest
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724l - Forfeited property—Contest
The persons notified as provided herein who prove to be owners of the property, may contest the forfeiture within thirty (30) days following the date on which notice was received, by filing a complaint against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the official who authorized the seizure. Notice shall be served to the Se...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724m - Forfeited property—Bond posting
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724m - Forfeited property—Bond posting
Within twenty (20) days after the filling of the complaint to contest the forfeiture, the complainant shall be entitled to post a bond in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico before the clerk of the corresponding court, to the satisfaction of the court, in the amount of the appraisal of the forfeited property. Said...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724n - Forfeited property—Appraisal, reasonableness
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724n - Forfeited property—Appraisal, reasonableness
In the case of judicial contest of the forfeiture, the complainant shall have thirty (30) days from the filing of the complaint to file a motion requesting a hearing to contest the appraisal. After the hearing, the court shall determine the reasonableness of the appraisal as incidental to the complaint. The determinati...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724o - Forfeited property—Transfer of property to the B...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724o - Forfeited property—Transfer of property to the Board
The Forfeiture Board created by virtue of this chapter shall dispose of the forfeited property as appropriate and convenient for the protection and security of said forfeited property in accordance with the powers conferred thereto under this chapter and any regulations adopted thereunder, within thirty (30) days after...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724p - Forfeited property—Disposition of property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724p - Forfeited property—Disposition of property
In the event the court holds a forfeiture to be illegal, the Board shall return the forfeited property to the complainant. If the Board has already disposed of said property, the Government of Puerto Rico shall pay an amount equal to the appraisal value at the time of the seizure, or the amount for which it was sold, w...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724q - Forfeited property — Disposition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724q - Forfeited property — Disposition
(1) The Board shall be empowered to determine the method and order of priority to dispose of forfeited property pursuant to this chapter, and according to: (a) The available resources; (b) the needs of the Board, and (c) the public interest. (2) The Board shall dispose of forfeited property by sale, auction, donation, ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724r - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administr...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724r - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administrative procedure
The Forfeiture Board shall establish an alternative administrative procedure to return forfeited property. Said procedure shall not be considered as a requirement or obligation for a party to file and resolve a dispute. The party interested in availing itself of this administrative procedure shall file a sworn petition...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724s - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administr...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724s - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administrative procedure; Board evaluation
Once the petition has been received, the Administrative Director of the Board may reject it outright or refer the matter to a lawyer from the Department of Justice, who shall evaluate the petition and shall make a recommendation with findings of fact and conclusions of law within fifteen (15) days after the filing date...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724t - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administr...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724t - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administrative procedure; notice of determination of the ...
The Administrative Director or his/her delegate shall notify the petitioner of the determination by certified mail and include the basis on which the decision was made and of his/her right to file a complaint to contest the forfeiture, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and include a copy of the determi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724u - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administr...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724u - Forfeited property—Alternative uniform administrative procedure; reconsideration
Persons adversely affected by the determination of the Administrative Director of the Board may request reconsideration within ten (10) days after receiving notice of the determination. The request authorized herein shall not interrupt the term to file a complaint to contest the forfeiture. Persons who, in lieu of exha...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724v - Property not subject to forfeiture—Rental vehicl...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724v - Property not subject to forfeiture—Rental vehicles and vehicles whose possession is not assigned...
A short-term rental vehicle from an accredited company, that is used to commit a crime for which the law authorizes the seizure thereof, shall not be subject to forfeiture unless the Commonwealth establishes the existence of a criminal connection between the owner of the vehicle and the person who rents or operates it....
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w)›§ 1724w - Transitory provisions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 117B - Uniform Forfeiture Act of 2011 (§§ 1724 — 1724w) › § 1724w - Transitory provisions
Forfeitures initiated as of the effective date of this act, and the procedures which have been initiated by virtue of the forfeiture proceedings under Act No. 93 of July 13, 1988, as amended, known as the “Uniform Seizure Act of 1988,”, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Act. History —July 12,...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725 - Issuance—Authorization to Police
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725 - Issuance—Authorization to Police
The Puerto Rico Police Department is hereby authorized to issue a certificate denominated “Criminal Record Certificate,” containing a list of the guilty verdicts found in the record of every person who, for having been sentenced in any Court of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or in any other local, state, or...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a - Contents
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a - Contents
The Criminal Record Certificate must contain the following information: (1) Full name of the person for whom the certificate is issued. (2) Case number and court where sentence was pronounced. (3) Date of sentence. (4) Offense for which the person was convicted as well as the jurisdiction in which the guilty verdict is...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a-1 - Elimination of a conviction—Misdemeanor
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a-1 - Elimination of a conviction—Misdemeanor
Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor may solicit that the Police Superintendent eliminate the conviction from the Criminal Record Certificate through a sworn statement, accompanied by the pertinent documents and a twenty (20) dollar internal revenue stamp, provided the following circumstances concur: (a) ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a-2 - Elimination of a conviction; felony
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a-2 - Elimination of a conviction; felony
Any person convicted of a felony who is not subject to the Register of Persons Convicted for Violent Sexual Crimes and Abuse of Minors nor to the Register of Persons Convicted for Corruption, may solicit that the Court of First Instance issue an order for the elimination of the conviction from the Criminal Record Certi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a-3 - Elimination of a conviction; review
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a-3 - Elimination of a conviction; review
The decision of the Superintendent may be revised by the Court of Appeals according to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, and subsection (c) of § 24y of Title 4. The decision of the Court of First Instance may be appealed before the Court of Appeals and the...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725b - Reversed verdict
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725b - Reversed verdict
The Criminal Record Certificate shall not include the issue of any sentence: (a) That has been revoked; (b) that has been eliminated pursuant to the procedure provided in this chapter (c) that has been given as served by a court pursuant to § 4732 of Title 33 or § 1615 of Title 4; (d) that has been validated by the Cen...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725c - Negative report
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725c - Negative report
When there is no open record for a specific person in the files of the Puerto Rico Police a negative report shall be issued for that person. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 4, renumbered as § 7 and amended on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 4.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725d - Requests; fees
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725d - Requests; fees
Any person may solicit the Criminal Record Certificate of a specific person provided he/she pays the corresponding fee as established by law. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 5; July 22, 1988, No. 136, p. 571; renumbered as § 8 and amended on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 5.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725e - Personnel; equipment; regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725e - Personnel; equipment; regulations
The Police Superintendent is hereby authorized to employ the personnel, acquire the equipment and materials and prepare the printed forms needed to comply with the provisions of this chapter and promulgate regulations to those ends. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 6, renumbered as § 9 and amended on ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735 - Bureau
The Bureau of the Jury Service Administration is hereby created, attached to the Court Administration Bureau, which shall manage the Puerto Rico Jury System created by this chapter. The Bureau of the Jury Service Administration shall be managed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Child Justice of the Puerto Ri...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735a - Main Register of Jurors
The Bureau Director shall prepare a main register of jurors, using a method where the selection of people in the list is completely at random. No person can be included in the list by personal request or by the request of third parties. In order to prepare such list, the Bureau Director shall require, it being mandator...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735b - Jury selection in a trial
Whenever the penal docket of a Division of the District Court so requires, the court shall issue an order addressed to the Bureau Director, with prior notice to the parties, for said Director to randomly select the number of jurors deemed necessary by the court. The list of jurors selected by the Bureau Director shall ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735c - Eligibility to serve
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735c - Eligibility to serve
Any person who meets the following requirements shall be eligible to serve as a juror in Puerto Rico: (a) To be eighteen (18) years or older. (b) Having legally resided in Puerto Rico for one (1) year and ninety (90) days previously in the judicial region where the proceeding shall be held (c) Knowing how to read and w...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735d - Jury duty
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735d - Jury duty
Any person meeting the requirements established by this chapter shall be bound to serve as a juror in any criminal proceeding pending before any Division of the District Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 6, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735e - Rights of a person summoned to serve
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735e - Rights of a person summoned to serve
Any person summoned to serve as a juror shall have the right to: (a) Not be forced to serve as a juror for more than the terms established in § 1735f of this title. (b) Be treated with dignity and decorum by the staff and management of the Judicial Branch with whom he or she enters into contact. (c) Have an adequate pl...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735f - Term of service
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735f - Term of service
The duty of any citizen eligible to serve as a juror in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be during the time it takes to empanel the jury or during the selection process, or while the trial lasts, as provided in this section. If a person duly qualified to serve as a juror appeared in reply to a court summons and we...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735g - Dispensation and deferral
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735g - Dispensation and deferral
The court shall not be able to exempt anyone from serving as a juror for trivial reasons, nor for inconveniences or disturbances in his personal business or personal matters, but may defer service only for the person’s state of health, disease or death of some family member or due to serious danger of detriment or ruin...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l)›Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735h - People exempt from serving as jurors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735h - People exempt from serving as jurors
The following shall be exempt from serving as a juror: (a) Any attorney, attorney’s paralegal, secretary or stenographer. (b) Any citizen rendering service as a juror in the United States District Court for Puerto Rico during the term for which he was selected. (c) Any woman breast-feeding her minor child and who prese...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735i - Jury duty leave
(a) Except for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s personnel and officers, any person duly summoned by a court for jury duty shall have the right to accrue the compensation for daily appearance established in the regulations. This compensation shall not be available while the person summoned is enjoying a paid leave. (b)...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735j - Nonappearance or refusal to comply
It shall be a felony, conviction upon which shall be sanctioned with a fee of not less than five hundred (500) dollars, for any person who meets the requirements for jury duty established in this chapter, who incurs in the following conduct: (1) Unjustified refusal to provide the Bureau of the Jury Duty Administration ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735k - Employer’s penalty for firing or other discriminatory acts
(a) Any employer who authorizes, consents or performs a firing, and any person who threatens with firing, dismissal, or dismisses, suspends, reduces the salary, lowers the category or imposes or intends to impose onerous work conditions on an employee for the fact that said employee has been summoned to serve, is servi...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735l - Regulation
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico shall establish by regulation that must be approved prior to July 1, 2004, all such rules and regulations needed for the implementation of this chapter, including but without being limited to, the procedure to be used to prepare the register of the jurors, for the total or partial chall...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1741 - Persons entitled to prosecute writ of habeas corpus
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1741 - Persons entitled to prosecute writ of habeas corpus
(a) Every person unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of his liberty may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of such imprisonment or restraint. (b) No judge shall be under the obligation to consider a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the validity of the detention of a person imprisoned by vi...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1742 - Petition for writ
Application for the writ is made by petition, signed either by the party for whose relief it is intended, or by some person in his behalf, and must specify: (1) That the person in whose behalf the writ is applied for is imprisoned or restrained of his liberty, the officer or person by whom he is so confined or restrain...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1743 - Courts and judges authorized to grant writ
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1743 - Courts and judges authorized to grant writ
The writ of habeas corpus may be granted: (1) By the Supreme Court, or any justice thereof, or by the district court or any judge thereof, upon petition by or on behalf of any person restrained of his liberty. When so issued it may be made returnable before the court or the judge issuing the same. (2) By the district c...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012)›PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1744 - Writ to be granted without delay
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1744 - Writ to be granted without delay
Any court or judge authorized to grant the writ, to whom a petition therefor, is presented, must, if it appear that the writ ought to issue, grant the same without delay. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 472.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1745 - Terms of writ
The writ must be directed to the person having custody of or restraining the person on whose behalf the application is made, and must command him to have the body of such person before the court or judge before whom the writ is returnable, at a time and place therein specified. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 473.