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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/542/ | PR | 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)›§ 542 - Examination of witness... | 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) › § 542 - Examination of witnesses; production of evidence | The Grand Jury shall have power to summon and examine witnesses and experts under oath; to make ocular inspections, and to compel the introduction of documentary or other evidence in addition to that offered by the fiscal.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 22, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/543/ | PR | 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)›§ 543 - Duties of tribunal off... | 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) › § 543 - Duties of tribunal officers | It shall be the duty of all court officers to render services to the Grand Jury for the rapid and efficient discharge of their duties.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 23, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/544/ | PR | 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)›§ 544 - Investigation of offen... | 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) › § 544 - Investigation of offenses | The Grand Jury may investigate any offense cognizable by them within the jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance in which they are acting, though no charge shall have been submitted to them by the fiscal.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 24, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/545/ | PR | 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)›§ 545 - Endorsement of indictm... | 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) › § 545 - Endorsement of indictment | If in any case the Grand Jury finds cause to indict, they shall endorse the indictment submitted by the fiscal as follows: “A true bill.” Said endorsement shall be dated and shall bear the signature of the foreman.
Where no charge has been submitted by the fiscal, the Grand Jury shall direct him to prepare an indictmen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/546/ | PR | 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)›§ 546 - Kind of evidence to be... | 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) › § 546 - Kind of evidence to be received | In the investigation of a charge the Grand Jury shall receive no evidence other than that given by witnesses or experts examined before them, or furnished by depositions, when the same are admissible, or derived from documentary evidence. They shall receive none but legal evidence, and the best evidence in degree, to t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/547/ | PR | 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)›§ 547 - Hearing of defendant | 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) › § 547 - Hearing of defendant | The Grand Jury shall not be bound to hear the defendant nor the evidence offered by him, but they shall weigh all the evidence submitted to them; and when they have reason to believe the other legal evidence exists within their reach which will remove the charge or explain the facts constituting the same, they may orde... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/548/ | PR | 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)›§ 548 - Evidence requiring ind... | 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) › § 548 - Evidence requiring indictment | It shall be the duty of the Grand Jury to find an indictment when, in their opinion, all the evidence before them, taken together, if unexplained or uncontradicted, would warrant a conviction by a petit jury.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 28, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/549/ | PR | 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)›§ 549 - Declaration of offense... | 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) › § 549 - Declaration of offense known to juror | Any member of the Grand Jury who has knowledge of the commission of an offense cognizable by them, or who has reason to believe that such offense has been committed, shall declare his knowledge or belief, under oath, to his fellow-jurors who shall thereupon proceed to make the proper investigations.
History —June 18, 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/550/ | PR | 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)›§ 550 - Secret sessions | 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) › § 550 - Secret sessions | The sessions of the Grand Jury shall be secret. The court stenographer, or a stenographer appointed for the purpose by the court, whose remuneration shall be paid by the People of Puerto Rico, may be present to take and transcribe the evidence.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 30, eff 90 days after June 18, 19... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/551/ | PR | 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)›§ 551 - Stenographic transcrip... | 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) › § 551 - Stenographic transcription | The stenographic transcription shall include the names of the jurors taking part in the investigation, the evidence introduced and the decision of the complaint, and duly certified shall be submitted in full to the court before the indictment is read.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 31, eff. 90 days after Jun... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/552/ | PR | 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)›§ 552 - Presence of prosecutin... | 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) › § 552 - Presence of prosecuting attorney | The fiscal may be present during the investigations of the Grand Jury only to offer such evidence as he may have, but in no case shall he be present during their deliberations.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 32, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/553/ | PR | 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)›§ 553 - Instructions by judge | 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) › § 553 - Instructions by judge | The judge of the court, on request of the Grand Jury, shall instruct the latter on any pertinent question in the presence of the fiscal.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 33, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/554/ | PR | 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)›§ 554 - Disclosure of proceedi... | 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) › § 554 - Disclosure of proceedings by juror | Every member of the Grand Jury shall keep secret whatever may have been said during their deliberations and the manner in which he himself or his fellow-jurors may have voted; but may, however, be compelled by any court to disclose the testimony given by a witness before the Grand Jury, in the two (2) cases following:
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/555/ | PR | 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)›§ 555 - Immunity of jurors | 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) › § 555 - Immunity of jurors | Every member of the Grand Jury shall enjoy immunity for his statements and votes in any matter legally submitted to their deliberation except for perjury committed in making an accusation or giving testimony to his fellow-jurors.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 35, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/556/ | PR | 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)›§ 556 - Additional duties of g... | 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) › § 556 - Additional duties of grand jury | It shall be the duty of the Grand Jury:
(a) To inquire into and report to the court the case of every person imprisoned against whom no complaint has been filed within the legal term;
(b) To inquire into the state and condition of the penitentiary and jails and the treatment given to prisoners therein and to report any... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/557/ | PR | 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)›§ 557 - Access to public recor... | 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) › § 557 - Access to public records; accountants | The Grand Jury shall be entitled to free access to all public records of the Island and of the municipalities thereof and to be furnished certified copies of such records without payment of any fees or compensation whatever. They may also employ expert accountants when their services are necessary, at a rate not to exc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/558/ | PR | 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)›§ 558 - Other powers of grand ... | 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) › § 558 - Other powers of grand jury | The Grand Jury shall be entitled:
(a) To inquire into the management of Commonwealth public funds and funds of the municipalities and school boards within the judicial district.
(b) To inquire into the management and operation of public charitable and educational institutions.
(c) To look after the enforcement of the l... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/559/ | PR | 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)›§ 559 - Effect of dismissal of... | 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) › § 559 - Effect of dismissal of charge | The dismissal of any charge by the Grand Jury shall bar the submission of the same charge to another Grand Jury, except by order of the court.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 39, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/560/ | PR | 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)›§ 560 - Names of witnesses | 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) › § 560 - Names of witnesses | The names of the witnesses examined before the Grand Jury, or whose depositions have been read before them, shall be inserted at the foot of the indictment or endorsed thereon before it is presented to the court.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 40, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/561/ | PR | 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)›§ 561 - Contents of indictment | 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) › § 561 - Contents of indictment | The Grand Jury’s indictment shall contain:
(1) The title of the action, specifying the name of the court to which the same is presented and the names of the parties.
(2) A statement in simple and concise language of the acts or omissions constituting the offense, and made in such manner as to enable a person of common ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/562/ | PR | 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)›§ 562 - Form of indictment | 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) › § 562 - Form of indictment | The said indictment shall be substantially as follows:
THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO vs. A. B. In the Court of First Instance of....., Puerto Rico. Day.................. By this indictment the Grand Jury of.........., accuses A. B. of the crime of....... (giving its legal appellation such as murder, arson, manslaughter, or... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/563/ | PR | 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)›§ 563 - Name of defendant | 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) › § 563 - Name of defendant | When a defendant is charged by a fictitious or erroneous name, and in any stage of the proceedings his true name is discovered, it shall be inserted in subsequent proceedings, but reference shall be made to the fact that he has been charged by the name mentioned in the indictment.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/564/ | PR | 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)›§ 564 - Statement of time of 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) › § 564 - Statement of time of offense | The precise time at which the offense was committed need not be stated in the indictment, but such offense may be alleged to have been committed at any time before the finding thereof, except where the time is an essential factor in the offense.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 44, eff. 90 days after June 18, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/565/ | PR | 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)›§ 565 - Single offense; separa... | 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) › § 565 - Single offense; separate counts | The indictment must charge but one offense, but the offense may be charged in separate counts alleging that the said offense was committed in a different manner or by different means, and when the offense may be committed by the use of different means, the means may be alleged alternatively in the same count.
History —... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/566/ | PR | 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)›§ 566 - Erroneous allegation a... | 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) › § 566 - Erroneous allegation as to person injured | When an offense involves the commission of or an attempt to commit a private injury and is described with sufficient certainty in other respects to identify the act, an erroneous allegation as to the person injured or intended to be injured shall not affect the indictment.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 46, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/567/ | PR | 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)›§ 567 - Sufficiency of indictm... | 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) › § 567 - Sufficiency of indictment | The indictment is sufficient if it can be understood therefrom:
(1) That it is entitled in a court having authority to receive it, though the name of the court be not stated.
(2) That it was found by a Grand Jury of the judicial district in which the court was held.
(3) That the defendant is named, or, if his name cann... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/568/ | PR | 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)›§ 568 - Defects of form | 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) › § 568 - Defects of form | No indictment is insufficient nor can the trial judgment, or other proceeding on such indictment be affected by reason of any defect or imperfection of form which does not tend to prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant.
History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 48, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-iii/chapter-33/569/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1042/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-v/chapter-63/1044/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1475/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1475a/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1475b/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1477/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-99/1478/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117a/1723k-1/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117a/1723l-1723p/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724b/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724c/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724d/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724e/ | PR | 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, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724f/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724g/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724h/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724i/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724j/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724k/ | PR | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724l/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724m/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724n/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724o/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724p/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724q/ | PR | 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, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724r/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724s/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724t/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724u/ | PR | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724v/ | PR | 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.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-117b/1724w/ | PR | 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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