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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725 - Issuance—Authorization to Police	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725 - Issuance—Authorization to Police	The Puerto Rico Police Department is hereby authorized to issue a certificate denominated “Criminal Record Certificate,” containing a list of the guilty verdicts found in the record of every person who, for having been sentenced in any Court of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or in any other local, state, or Federal jurisdiction, already has an open record in said agency or in any other similar agency or official data system in any other local, state, or Federal jurisdiction of the United States of America. In the case of persons with criminal history and/or that do not comply with the five (5)-year term in the case of felonies, and six (6) months in the case of misdemeanors, as provided in §§ 1725a-1 and 1725a-2 of this title, they may obtain a Certificate of Rehabilitation and Job Training that may substitute the Criminal Record Certificate. The evaluation process to obtain the same shall be determined by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which may use the guidelines in effect for the issuance of the rehabilitation certificate established in § 4732 of Title 33. The employer reserves the right to require the Criminal Record Certificate in addition to the certificate of rehabilitation and job training. The possible issuance of the certificate of rehabilitation and job training herein provided shall not apply to persons who are registered in the Registry of Persons Convicted of Violent Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse or the Registry of Persons Convicted of Corruption. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 1; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 1; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 224, § 1; Nov. 9, 2011, No. 174, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725a/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a - Contents	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a - Contents	The Criminal Record Certificate must contain the following information: (1) Full name of the person for whom the certificate is issued. (2) Case number and court where sentence was pronounced. (3) Date of sentence. (4) Offense for which the person was convicted as well as the jurisdiction in which the guilty verdict is filed. (5) Penalty imposed. (6) If sentence is in the stage of appeal. (7) Date of certificate. (8) Signature of the official issuing the certificate. The Criminal Record Certificates shall also include a notice that the same shall not include convictions for misdemeanors, if more than six (6) months have elapsed since the sentence was served or convictions for felonies if more than five (5) years have elapsed since the sentence was served. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 2; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 224, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725a-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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a-1 - Elimination of a conviction—Misdemeanor	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a-1 - Elimination of a conviction—Misdemeanor	Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor may solicit that the Police Superintendent eliminate the conviction from the Criminal Record Certificate through a sworn statement, accompanied by the pertinent documents and a twenty (20) dollar internal revenue stamp, provided the following circumstances concur: (a) That six (6) months have passed from the moment the sentence was served and that during that time the person has not committed another crime, and (b) that the person has a good reputation within the community. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, added as § 3 on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725a-2/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a-2 - Elimination of a conviction; felony	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a-2 - Elimination of a conviction; felony	Any person convicted of a felony who is not subject to the Register of Persons Convicted for Violent Sexual Crimes and Abuse of Minors nor to the Register of Persons Convicted for Corruption, may solicit that the Court of First Instance issue an order for the elimination of the conviction from the Criminal Record Certificate provided the following circumstances concur: (a) That five (5) years have passed from the moment the sentence was served and that during that time the person has not committed any crime; (b) that the person has a good reputation within the community, and (c) that the person has been subjected to providing the sample required by the DNA Data Bank Act, if required to do so. The petitioner shall provide the documents needed to [evidence] the allegations of his/her petition. The Department of Justice may oppose or yield to the petition, in which case it shall not be necessary to hold a hearing. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, added as § 4 on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725a-3/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725a-3 - Elimination of a conviction; review	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725a-3 - Elimination of a conviction; review	The decision of the Superintendent may be revised by the Court of Appeals according to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, and subsection (c) of § 24y of Title 4. The decision of the Court of First Instance may be appealed before the Court of Appeals and the sentence may be revised by certiorari before the Supreme Court. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, added as § 5 on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725b/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725b - Reversed verdict	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725b - Reversed verdict	The Criminal Record Certificate shall not include the issue of any sentence: (a) That has been revoked; (b) that has been eliminated pursuant to the procedure provided in this chapter (c) that has been given as served by a court pursuant to § 4732 of Title 33 or § 1615 of Title 4; (d) that has been validated by the Central Office of Labor Advisement and Human Resources Administration (OCALARH, Spanish acronym), or (e) that has been eliminated from the Register of Persons Convicted for Violent Sexual Crimes and Abuse of Minors. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 3, renumbered as § 6 and amended on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 3.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725c/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725c - Negative report	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725c - Negative report	When there is no open record for a specific person in the files of the Puerto Rico Police a negative report shall be issued for that person. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 4, renumbered as § 7 and amended on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 4.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725d/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725d - Requests; fees	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725d - Requests; fees	Any person may solicit the Criminal Record Certificate of a specific person provided he/she pays the corresponding fee as established by law. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 5; July 22, 1988, No. 136, p. 571; renumbered as § 8 and amended on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 5.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-118/1725e/	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 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e)›§ 1725e - Personnel; equipment; regulations	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 118 - Criminal Records Certificates (§§ 1725 — 1725e) › § 1725e - Personnel; equipment; regulations	The Police Superintendent is hereby authorized to employ the personnel, acquire the equipment and materials and prepare the printed forms needed to comply with the provisions of this chapter and promulgate regulations to those ends. History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 6, renumbered as § 9 and amended on Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 6.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735 - Bureau	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735 - Bureau	The Bureau of the Jury Service Administration is hereby created, attached to the Court Administration Bureau, which shall manage the Puerto Rico Jury System created by this chapter. The Bureau of the Jury Service Administration shall be managed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Child Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and shall be staffed as determined by said Chief Judge. The position of the Bureau Director shall be included in the Judicial Branch Central Service Personnel and shall accrue the salary established by the Regulations of the Court Administration Bureau. The organization, tax and personnel matters, and the internal operation of the Bureau shall be subject to the regulation approved for such purposes. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 2, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735a/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735a - Main Register of Jurors	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735a - Main Register of Jurors	The Bureau Director shall prepare a main register of jurors, using a method where the selection of people in the list is completely at random. No person can be included in the list by personal request or by the request of third parties. In order to prepare such list, the Bureau Director shall require, it being mandatory, that any department, agency, board, commission, instrumentality or corporation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its municipalities, including the State Electoral Commission, shall submit free of charge and by any means, copies of the registries of people in their charge, including without limitation, the voters, motor vehicle drivers, electricity, water and telephone services recipients, and those registered in any other government program or service. The Bureau Director shall determine the number of jurors that comprise the main register and shall distribute the jurors according to the needs determined in each Judicial Region. Wherever possible, there shall be a proportional number of jurors for each municipality forming the region, taking its population as a base, according to the last census of the United States Census Bureau. The Main Register of Jurors must be periodically updated or reviewed, but never at intervals longer than three (3) years. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 3, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735b/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735b - Jury selection in a trial	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735b - Jury selection in a trial	Whenever the penal docket of a Division of the District Court so requires, the court shall issue an order addressed to the Bureau Director, with prior notice to the parties, for said Director to randomly select the number of jurors deemed necessary by the court. The list of jurors selected by the Bureau Director shall contain the full name of each juror, unless there is an order to the contrary, as well as the municipality of residence and any other information required by the regulations. A copy of the list of jurors so appointed shall be delivered to the court and to the parties three (3) days before the empanelling of the jury. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 4, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735c/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735c - Eligibility to serve	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735c - Eligibility to serve	Any person who meets the following requirements shall be eligible to serve as a juror in Puerto Rico: (a) To be eighteen (18) years or older. (b) Having legally resided in Puerto Rico for one (1) year and ninety (90) days previously in the judicial region where the proceeding shall be held (c) Knowing how to read and write in Spanish. (d) Not having been convicted of a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude. (e) Being physically and mentally able to serve as a juror. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 5, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735d/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735d - Jury duty	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735d - Jury duty	Any person meeting the requirements established by this chapter shall be bound to serve as a juror in any criminal proceeding pending before any Division of the District Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 6, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735e/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735e - Rights of a person summoned to serve	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735e - Rights of a person summoned to serve	Any person summoned to serve as a juror shall have the right to: (a) Not be forced to serve as a juror for more than the terms established in § 1735f of this title. (b) Be treated with dignity and decorum by the staff and management of the Judicial Branch with whom he or she enters into contact. (c) Have an adequate place available while in active service in the court. (d) Be summoned to serve as a juror not less than ten (10) days before the date on which attendance is required. (e) Receive salary payments from his employer while in active jury duty and in compliance with the norms approved in this chapter. (f) Receive, while unemployed, or while the leave for jury duty established by this chapter has expired, payment of a fee for each day of service attending the court that is required from him. (g) Receive payment or reimbursement for transportation expenses that were necessarily incurred in order to attend court, in compliance with the regulations approved for such purposes, and to receive transportation supplied by the court when the court believes that there are circumstances so warranting. (h) Receive payment for reimbursement for food expenses while in active service as a juror, in compliance with the regulations approved for such purposes. (i) Not being fired from his or her job or being penalized in any way by his or her employer for the sole fact of having served as a juror. (j) Be covered by the Judicial Division’s worker’s compensation insurance while acting as a juror. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 7, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735f/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735f - Term of service	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735f - Term of service	The duty of any citizen eligible to serve as a juror in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be during the time it takes to empanel the jury or during the selection process, or while the trial lasts, as provided in this section. If a person duly qualified to serve as a juror appeared in reply to a court summons and were not selected to participate in the empanelling of the jury, or to act as a juror in a criminal proceeding that day, said person shall be relieved from jury duty. If the summoned person were selected to participate in a proceeding to empanel the jury, or to act as a juror in a criminal proceeding, he will have the duty to remain in active service until his participation in the proceeding for which he was selected ends, regardless of the number of days that said proceeding takes. Once a person has complied with his obligation to serve as a juror for one day or for one case, or has been relieved from jury duty, said person cannot be summoned again to serve as a juror until a term of five (5) years has elapsed. Nothing of the above shall prevent a person duly qualified to serve as a juror from remaining in active service as a juror voluntarily for a longer term than is established herein, but in such case he shall not have the right to enjoy a paid leave nor protection for his employment, and shall not be able to remain in active service for a term exceeding three (3) months. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 8, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735g/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735g - Dispensation and deferral	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735g - Dispensation and deferral	The court shall not be able to exempt anyone from serving as a juror for trivial reasons, nor for inconveniences or disturbances in his personal business or personal matters, but may defer service only for the person’s state of health, disease or death of some family member or due to serious danger of detriment or ruin of the person’s property or of that under his custody. As soon as the reason for the dispensation or the deferral disappears, the person may be summoned again. The court may dispense those public servants who, due to the nature of their duties, must be exempt from jury service. These are those under active service in government agencies or dependencies such as the Police, Armed Forces, employees of the Judicial Branch, elected officers and district attorneys, including those in charge of minors and families. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 9, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735h/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735h - People exempt from serving as jurors	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735h - People exempt from serving as jurors	The following shall be exempt from serving as a juror: (a) Any attorney, attorney’s paralegal, secretary or stenographer. (b) Any citizen rendering service as a juror in the United States District Court for Puerto Rico during the term for which he was selected. (c) Any woman breast-feeding her minor child and who presents a medical attestation to such fact. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 10; Dec. 26, 2006, No. 300, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735i/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735i - Jury duty leave	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735i - Jury duty leave	(a) Except for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s personnel and officers, any person duly summoned by a court for jury duty shall have the right to accrue the compensation for daily appearance established in the regulations. This compensation shall not be available while the person summoned is enjoying a paid leave. (b) Any personnel or officers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies, entities or public instrumentalities, of municipal governments, as well as of state or municipal public corporations shall have the right to enjoy a leave with pay and to receive compensation from his or her employer for meals and mileage, according to the regulations of each agency, as if it were an official assignment of such personnel or officers. (c) Any person hired by a private employer, who has been summoned for jury duty in a court, shall have the right to enjoy paid leave from his employer up to a maximum of fifteen (15) work days, and such compensation by daily appearance as established in this Section and determined through the regulations. If due to jury duty it were [sic] necessary for that person to appear before the court for a period longer than the one previously stated, the employee shall have the right to charge the time of absence during jury duty to his regular vacation leave, or to receive the per diem compensation for his appearance, established in the regulations to be approved for such purposes. What is established in this paragraph shall not affect the employee’s rights acquired through collective bargaining concerning this matter. (d) When a person duly summoned for jury duty concludes his appearance before the court, the Court Clerk must issue a certificate with a clear indication of the time spent in that appearance indicating the days and time. (e) To have a right to the protection offered by this chapter, the employee must inform his employer, at least five days before the date for which he has been summoned, of his need for being absent from work in order to comply with jury duty. However, the employer can be given shorter notice if the employee is prevented from complying with his obligation due to the delay with which he received his notice or because of any other justified reason. Once the employee returns to his job he must deliver the referenced certificate to his employer. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 11, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735j/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735j - Nonappearance or refusal to comply	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735j - Nonappearance or refusal to comply	It shall be a felony, conviction upon which shall be sanctioned with a fee of not less than five hundred (500) dollars, for any person who meets the requirements for jury duty established in this chapter, who incurs in the following conduct: (1) Unjustified refusal to provide the Bureau of the Jury Duty Administration or the court with the necessary information to achieve the objectives of this chapter. (2) Providing false information to the Bureau the Jury Duty Administration or the court. (3) Failure to appear before the court to perform jury duty although duly required or summoned for such purpose. (4) Unjustified refusal of jury duty without having been duly excused or deferred from it. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 12, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735k/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735k - Employer’s penalty for firing or other discriminatory acts	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735k - Employer’s penalty for firing or other discriminatory acts	(a) Any employer who authorizes, consents or performs a firing, and any person who threatens with firing, dismissal, or dismisses, suspends, reduces the salary, lowers the category or imposes or intends to impose onerous work conditions on an employee for the fact that said employee has been summoned to serve, is serving or will serve as a juror, or who for such reason refuses to reinstate or reinstates in a lower category or with a lower remuneration than that held when the jury duty began, as long as the provisions of this chapter are complied with, shall incur in civil liability: (1) For an amount equal to the damages that the act has caused to the worker, or for one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is greater; or (2) for an amount of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor greater than three thousand dollars ($3,000), at the discretion of the court, if money damages cannot be determined. In the civil action filed in agreement with the previous provisions, the court may order the employer to reinstate the worker in his job and to cease and desist from the action in question. (b) Any public or private employer is hereby banned from discounting salary, or vacation or sickness leave, from his employees during the days and hours that a duly summoned employee uses to appear as a jury before a court, except as is set forth. Any employee who has complied with the provisions of this chapter and whose salary or vacation or sickness leave is illegally discounted, shall have the right to collect the difference owed to him, plus an equal amount that he has not received, corresponding to additional compensation, apart from legal costs, expenses, interests and attorney’s fees, the latter in a reasonable amount, never below one thousand dollars ($1,000). (c) The civil actions established in subsections (a) and (b) may be filed by the employee or by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, in the latter’s name, through the procedure determined in §§ 2871 et seq. of Title 32, known as the “Controversies and Provisional Legal Status Act,” through the special proceeding established by law for labor claims or through a regular civil action, at the employee’s choice. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 13, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-viii/chapter-120/1735l/	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 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l)›§ 1735l - Regulation	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART VIII - Miscellaneous Proceedings (§§ 1461 — 1735l) › Chapter 120 - Jury Service Administration (§§ 1735 — 1735l) › § 1735l - Regulation	The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico shall establish by regulation that must be approved prior to July 1, 2004, all such rules and regulations needed for the implementation of this chapter, including but without being limited to, the procedure to be used to prepare the register of the jurors, for the total or partial challenge of that register, for the qualification of persons selected for the register, for summoning such people, for the adjudication of exemption or deferral petitions, for the judicial review of the final decisions of the Director of the Bureau and for any other purpose that meet the purposes of this chapter. History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 14; Mar. 24, 2004, No. 82, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1741/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1741 - Persons entitled to prosecute writ of habeas corpus	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1741 - Persons entitled to prosecute writ of habeas corpus	(a) Every person unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of his liberty may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of such imprisonment or restraint. (b) No judge shall be under the obligation to consider a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the validity of the detention of a person imprisoned by virtue of a judgment given by any Part of the Court of First Instance, if it is shown that the legality of said detention has already been determined by any judge of Court of First Instance by reason of a former writ of habeas corpus, and the new writ does not bring up any argument not having been produced or adjudged before, and the judge or court is convinced that the granting of the writ shall not serve the purposes of justice. (c) No judge shall consider a writ of habeas corpus prosecuted by an inmate imprisoned by virtue of a final judgment which has not exhausted the remedy provided by Rule 192.1 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, App. II of this title. If denied after having been prosecuted, the court shall not consider a writ of habeas corpus unless it may appear from the remedy provided by Rule 192.1 that it was inadequate or ineffective to challenge the validity of the detention. —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 469; Apr. 11, 1968, No. 18, p. 28, § 1. History
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1742/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1742 - Petition for writ	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1742 - Petition for writ	Application for the writ is made by petition, signed either by the party for whose relief it is intended, or by some person in his behalf, and must specify: (1) That the person in whose behalf the writ is applied for is imprisoned or restrained of his liberty, the officer or person by whom he is so confined or restrained, and the place where, naming all the parties, if they are known, or describing them, if they are not known. (2) If the imprisonment is alleged to be illegal, the petition must also state in what the alleged illegality consists. (3) The petition must be verified by the oath of the party making the application. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 470.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1743/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1743 - Courts and judges authorized to grant writ	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1743 - Courts and judges authorized to grant writ	The writ of habeas corpus may be granted: (1) By the Supreme Court, or any justice thereof, or by the district court or any judge thereof, upon petition by or on behalf of any person restrained of his liberty. When so issued it may be made returnable before the court or the judge issuing the same. (2) By the district court, or a judge thereof, upon petition by or on behalf of any person restrained of his liberty, in the respective district in which said court has jurisdiction. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 471.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1744/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1744 - Writ to be granted without delay	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1744 - Writ to be granted without delay	Any court or judge authorized to grant the writ, to whom a petition therefor, is presented, must, if it appear that the writ ought to issue, grant the same without delay. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 472.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1745/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1745 - Terms of writ	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1745 - Terms of writ	The writ must be directed to the person having custody of or restraining the person on whose behalf the application is made, and must command him to have the body of such person before the court or judge before whom the writ is returnable, at a time and place therein specified. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 473.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1746/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1746 - Delivery and service of writ	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1746 - Delivery and service of writ	If the writ is directed to any ministerial officer of the court out of which it issues, it must be delivered by the clerk to such officer without delay, as other writs are delivered for service. If it is directed to any other person, it must be delivered to such officer, and be by him served upon such person by delivering the same to him without delay. If the person to whom the writ is directed cannot be found, or refuses admittance to the officer or person serving or delivering such writ, it may be served or delivered by leaving it at the residence of the person to whom it is directed, or by affixing it to some conspicuous place on the outside either of his dwelling house or of the place where the party is confined or under restraint. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 474.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1747/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1747 - Commitment for refusal to obey writ	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1747 - Commitment for refusal to obey writ	If the person to whom the writ is directed refuses, after service, to obey the same, the court or judge, upon affidavit, must issue an attachment against such person, directed to any officer, commanding him forthwith to apprehend such person, and bring him immediately before such court or judge; and upon being so brought, he must be committed to jail until he makes due return to such writ, or is otherwise legally discharged. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 475.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1748/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1748 - Return	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1748 - Return	The person upon whom the writ is served must state in his return, plainly and unequivocally: (1) Whether he has or has not the party in his custody, or under his power or restraint. (2) If has the party in his custody or power, or under his restraint, he must state the authority and cause of such imprisonment or restraint. (3) If the party is detained by virtue of any writ, warrant, or other written authority, a copy thereof must be annexed to the return, and the original produced and exhibited to the court or judge on the hearing of such return. (4) If the person upon whom the writ is served had the party in his power or custody, or under his restraint at any time prior or subsequent to the date of the writ of habeas corpus, but has transferred such custody or restraint to another, the return must state particularly to whom, at what time and place, for what cause, and by what authority, such transfer took place. (5) The return must be signed by the person making the same, and, except when such person is a sworn public officer, and makes such return in his official capacity, it must be verified by his oath. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 476.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1749/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1749 - Production of person	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1749 - Production of person	The person to whom the writ is directed, if it is served, must bring the body of the party in his custody or under his restraint, according to the command of the writ, except in the cases specified in § 1750 of this title. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 477.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1750/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1750 - Sickness or infirmity of person in custody	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1750 - Sickness or infirmity of person in custody	When, from sickness or infirmity of the person directed to be produced, he cannot, without danger, be brought before the court or judge, the person in whose custody or power he is may state that fact in his return to the writ, verifying the same by affidavit. If the court or judge is satisfied of the truth of such return, and the return to the writ is otherwise sufficient, the court or judge may proceed to decide on such return and to dispose of the matter as if such party had been produced on the writ, or the hearing thereof may be adjourned until such party can be produced. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 478.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1751/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1751 - Hearing or examination of return and other matters	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1751 - Hearing or examination of return and other matters	The court or judge before whom the writ is returned must, immediately after the return, proceed to hear and examine the return, and such other matters as may be properly submitted to the hearing and consideration. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 479.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1752/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1752 - Procedure for hearing of case	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1752 - Procedure for hearing of case	The party brought before the court or judge, on the return of the writ, may deny or controvert any of the material facts or matters set forth in the return, or except to the sufficiency thereof, or allege any fact to show either that his imprisonment or detention is unlawful, or that he is entitled to his discharge. The court or judge must thereupon proceed in a summary way to hear such proof as may be produced against such imprisonment or detention, or in favor of the same, and to dispose of such party as the justice of the case may require, and have full power and authority to require and compel the attendance of witnesses, by process of subpoena and attachment, and to do and perform all other acts and things necessary to a full and fair hearing and determination of the case. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935 § 480.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1753/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1753 - Discharge if no legal cause shown for custody or restraint	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1753 - Discharge if no legal cause shown for custody or restraint	If no legal cause is shown for such imprisonment or restraint, or for the continuation thereof, such court or judge must discharge such party from the custody or restraint under which he is held. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 481.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1754/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1754 - Remand of person in custody under process, etc	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1754 - Remand of person in custody under process, etc	The court or judge, if the time during which such party may be legally detained in custody has not expired, must remand such party, if it appears that he is detained in custody: (1) By virtue of process issued by the court or judge of the United States district court, in a case where such court or judge has exclusive jurisdiction, or (2) by virtue of a warrant or final judgment or decree of any competent court of criminal jurisdiction, or of any process issued upon such warrant, judgment, or decree. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 482.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1755/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1755 - Grounds for discharge of prisoner in custody under process	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1755 - Grounds for discharge of prisoner in custody under process	If it appears on the return of the writ that the prisoner is in custody by virtue of process from any court of Puerto Rico, or judge, or officer thereof, such prisoner may be discharged in any of the following cases, subject to the restrictions of § 1754 of this title: (1) When the jurisdiction of such court or officer has been exceeded. (2) When the imprisonment was at first lawful, yet by some act, omission, or event which has taken place afterwards, the party has become entitled to a discharge. (3) When the process is defective in some matter of substance required by law rendering such process void. (4) When the process, though proper in form, has been issued in a case not allowed by law. (5) When the person having custody of the prisoner is not the person allowed by law to detain him. (6) Where the process is not authorized by any order, judgment, or decree of any court, nor by any provision of law. (7) Where a party has been committed on a criminal charge without reasonable or probable cause. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 483.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1756/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1756 - Procedural error in the order of incarceration	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1756 - Procedural error in the order of incarceration	When a person has been incarcerated, or is in the custody of any official by virtue of a criminal charge, under any order for arrest issued by a judge of the Court of First Instance, that person can not be released from prison because there is a defect of form in said order. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 484; Jan. 5, 2000, No. 19, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1757/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1757 - Procedure on commitment for criminal offense	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1757 - Procedure on commitment for criminal offense	If it appears to the court or judge, by affidavit or otherwise, or upon the inspection of the process or warrant of commitment, and such other papers in the proceedings as may be shown to the court or judge, that the party is guilty of a criminal offense, or ought not to be discharged, such court or judge, although the charge is defective or unsubstantially set forth in such process or warrant of commitment, must cause the complainant or other necessary witnesses to be subpoenaed to attend at such time as ordered, to testify before the court or judge; and upon the examination he may discharge such prisoner, let him to bail, if the offense be bailable, or recommit him to custody, as may be just and legal. History —Code Crime. Proc., 1935, § 485.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-four/part-ix/chapter-121/1758/	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 IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780)›§ 1758 - Writ for person committed on criminal charge	2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-FOUR - Code of Criminal Procedure (§§ 1 — 4012) › PART IX - Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › Chapter 121 - Proceedings for Habeas Corpus (§§ 1741 — 1780) › § 1758 - Writ for person committed on criminal charge	Any person who has been committed on a criminal charge may be brought before a judge on a writ of habeas corpus, if the writ issues out of the proper court. History —Code Crim. Proc., 1935, § 486.