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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § VIII. - Cooperative Development Administration

The Cooperative Development Administration is hereby attached to the Department. The Administration shall continue to operate under §§ 931 et seq. of Title 5. The Administrator shall answer directly to the Secretary and render those reports which may be required from him/her. The Governor shall appoint the Administrator with the advice and consent of the Senate and fix his/her salary.
History —Amended July 25, 1997, No. 46, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § IX. - Cinematic Development Corporation

The Cinematic Development Corporation is hereby attached to the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, created by Act No. 27 of Aug. 22, 1974. The Executive Director of the Corporation shall answer directly to the Secretary and shall render the reports required of him/her. The Secretary shall submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature, together with the budget petition corresponding to Fiscal Year 1995-96, that includes, without it being understood as a limitation, specific measures that are pertinent to the adequate functioning and operation of this body.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § X. - Land Administration

The Land Administration is hereby attached to the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, which shall continue to operate under §§ 311 et seq. of Title 23. The Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce shall replace the Governor as a member and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Land Administration. The Governor shall appoint the Executive Director with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall fix his/her salary. The Executive Director shall answer directly to the Board.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XI. - Horse Racing Sport and Industry Administration

The Horse Racing Sport and Industry is hereby attached to the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, and shall continue to operate under §§ 198—198s of Title 15. The Administrator shall answer directly to the Secretary but shall retain its administrative and operating autonomy under the provisions of its organic act. The Governor shall appoint the Administrator with the advice and consent of the Senate.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XII. - Creation of the Economic Development Committee

The Economic Development Committee is hereby created, which shall be composed of the Secretary who shall preside, and the directors or heads of the components of the Department. The Committee shall within its functions, advise the Secretary on the implementation of the public policy and strategic planning of the economic and commercial development, as well as coordinating the operations and development of special projects.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XIII. - Responsibilities of the directors of the components

The directors of the operating components of the Department shall answer directly to the Secretary with regard to the efficient operation of their respective programs pursuant to the act which applies to them; as well as the compliance of the public policy, plans, goals and objectives established by the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Secretary; shall exercise their powers and faculties in harmony with and subject to the powers, faculties and functions of the Secretary, through the provisions of this Plan.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XIV. - Personnel administration

The Department and each of its components shall be classified as Individual Administrators pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”, and Act No. 89 of July 12, 1979, known as the “Uniform Compensation Act”, with the exception of those components excluded from the law, which shall retain their present status. The Director of the Central Personnel Administration Office shall approve the classification and compensation plans in accordance with the laws cited above, on the basis of the certification by the Office of Management and the Budget, on the availability of funds.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XV. - General services

The Department of Economic Development and Commerce and its operating components shall be exempted from the provisions of §§ 934 et seq. of this title, the “General Services Administration Organic Act”, and shall be governed by their own laws and the regulations established by the Secretary. The Department and its components shall establish through regulations, according to their legal authority, their own systems and regulation of purchases, supplies and auxiliary services, within sound norms of fiscal administration, economy and efficiency. Until the new system and regulations are approved, they shall continue to be governed by the present ones.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XVI. - Faculty to obtain assistance and enter into agreements

The Secretary is hereby authorized to request and obtain assistance or contributions in cash, goods or services of the Government of the United States, the federated states, the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its agencies, public corporations or political subdivisions, municipalities and nonprofit institutions, for the purposes of their Department.
The Secretary and the Department shall be the official and agency designated to administer any federal program related to the functions entrusted to the Department by this Reorganization Plan. In this capacity, the Secretary shall negotiate and transact any covenants or agreements that are needed to execute the negotiations for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to receive all federal funds and benefits to carry out said programs, as well as between government bodies of the federated states, and the federal government, duly authorized therefor, with regard to the exchange of information, studies and research related to the programs that are carried out, provided said covenants or agreements are within the framework of his/her functions and the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XVII. - Transfer of personnel and property

The personnel, property, resources, and records that are being used in connection with the functions, programs, or agencies and the unexpended balances of appropriations, items or other funds (available or to be available) are hereby transferred to the Department or the corresponding successor component agency that is transferred, merged or attached by the provisions of this Reorganization Plan, to be used, employed or spent in connection with said functions, programs or agencies. Any subsequent measures and other provisions that the Governor deems are needed to carry out the transfers foreseen in this section, shall be made in the manner determined by the Governor and by the agencies designated by him/her.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XVIII. - General provisions

No provision of this Plan shall be construed to modify, alter or invalidate any agreement, covenant, claim or contract that the responsible officials or employees of the bodies or programs which through this Plan are part of the Department, have granted and are in force when it became effective. Any claim filed by or against said officials or employees and which is pending resolution when this Plan becomes effective, shall subsist until its final conclusion.
All the regulations that govern the operation of the bodies or programs which are integrated into the Department through this Plan, which are in effect when it becomes effective, shall remain in effect until they are altered, modified, amended, repealed or replaced.
All career service employees in the agencies affected by this reorganization, are guaranteed their employment and the vested rights acquired under the personnel laws or regulations as well as the rights, privileges, obligations and status regarding any existing pension or retirement system or systems, or savings and loan funds to which they may be affiliated upon approval of this Plan.
None of what has been provided above, shall be construed as to the Department being liable for any debts that were validly contracted by any of the operational components. Said debts shall continue to be the responsibility of the body that incurred them.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XIX. - Transitory measures and internal adjustments

The Governor is hereby empowered to take any transitory measures needed for the implementation of his Plan without interrupting the normal work of the bodies affected by it. He may also execute any additional internal reorganizations that are needed for the proper functioning of the Department, except that he/she shall not suppress bodies that are created by law. Those internal reorganizations that require legislation or amendments to statutes in effect, shall be introduced before the Legislature for its consideration and approval.
Within the year following the effectiveness of this Reorganization Plan, the Secretary shall submit an Internal Reorganization Plan to the Governor, which will consider the integration, as far as it is viable and functionally effective, of technical and managerial services common to all the components of the Departments, such as auditing, planning, economic studies, statistics, viability studies, environmental impact evaluations, legal advice and services, computerized data processing systems, and others. The Plan shall also include an analysis and recommendations on the agencies, functions and programs that should be transferred, relocated, merged or eliminated, as well as those that should be established, taking as a basis the Economic Model for Puerto Rico approved by the Governor. The restructuring shall have as its objectives, to eliminate unnecessary duplication, improve coordination, promote savings, and the proper use of public resources and achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Within a term of fifteen (15) months, counted from the effective date of this Reorganization Plan, the Governor shall present in both Legislative Bodies a report on its implementation, together with the organization chart of the Department and its component bodies.
The report shall be filed in the Secretariats of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Executive Reorganization Plans, which shall, within ten (10) days following the presentation of the report, call for public hearings to analyze and submit to the Legislative Bodies its findings, conclusions and recommendations.
The report shall include a statement of the measures established to increase the efficiency and productivity of the bodies that compose the entity, and shall specifically detail the mechanisms adopted, or to be adopted.
The Legislature retains the power to wholly or partially amend or reject the reorganization that has been made or proposed within the terms, and through the procedures established in the Executive Reorganization Act of 1993.
Pursuant to the determinations made throughout this process, the Secretary shall promote the filing of the bills leading to modifying the organic statutes of the component agencies of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, in order to adjust them to the facts and requirements of their program’s mission.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XX. - Appropriation of funds

The sum of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars ($165,000) chargeable to the resources of the General Fund, is hereby appropriated for the initial expenses of the organization and functioning of the Department during Fiscal Year 1993-94. The appropriations needed in subsequent fiscal years shall be consigned in the General Expense Budget.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive Appendix (§§ 1 — 7A) › X - Department of Economic Development and Commerce › § XXI. - Effectiveness

This Reorganization Plan shall become effective immediately after its approval. The activities needed to comply with the purposes of this Plan, including its internal reorganization, shall be initiated within a term that shall not exceed thirty (30) calendar days after its approval, under the coordination, advice, and supervision of the Office of Management and Budget.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 1 - Seal

The official seal of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico shall be the same as the seal adopted for the Supreme Court substituting the words Tribunal Supremo by Tribunal Superior or Tribunal de Distrito as the case may be, and adding the name of the respective part. The Clerk will be the keeper of the seal of the Court.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 2 - Administrative Judge

(a) In every part of the Court of First Instance and of the District Court where more than one judge is sitting, the Chief Justice shall designate annually an Administrative Judge who shall be responsible to the Chief Justice for the administration of the said part during an administrative term, and he shall assign judicial matters to himself and to the other sitting judges, subject to the direction of the Chief Justice. The administrative term shall commence on January 1st of each year and end on December 31 of the same year but the Administrative Judge shall continue to be responsible for the administration of said part until his successor in the administration is designated. The outgoing Administrative Judge shall likewise be responsible for submitting to the Chief Justice the report required by Rule 2.3 on his administrative activities for the last semester of his administrative term.
The Chief Justice may also designate, in a part, an Administrative Judge for civil matters and another for criminal matters, who shall be responsible to him for the administration and proper functioning concerning his specific field of activity.
Whenever considered necessary, the Chief Justice shall also designate those assistant administrative judges, executive directors, and/or executive officers who are necessary to help the Administrative Judge in his administrative functions.
(b) In parts where only one judge is sitting, the latter shall act as Administrative Judge. In parts of two judges the other judge will act as Administrative Judge during the absence of the Administrative Judge. In parts where more than two judges are sitting in which there is no Assistant Administrative Judge designated, the judge having more years as magistrate of the same category in the service shall act as Acting Administrative Judge during the absence of the Administrative Judge and while no other designation to that effect has been made.
(c) The Administrative Judge of each part of the Court of First Instance shall cooperate in administrative matters with the Administrative Judge of any of the parts of the District Court included within its territorial boundaries and with the municipal judges and justices of the peace of the municipalities which integrate said parts.
(d) The Administrative Judge shall prepare the calendar of all judicial matters in order to be able to attend properly to the administration of his part.
(e) The Chief Justice may relieve any judge from his administrative duties, at the request of the latter, or when in his judgment the needs of the service require it thus.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 2.1 - General Administrative Judge and Administrative Judges of Parts for Matters Concerning Minors—Administrative organization

The Chief Justice shall also designate a General Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors, from among the judges of the Court of First Instance appointed by him to deal exclusively with proceedings covered by Act No. 97 of June 23, 1955, who shall have the responsibilities and powers hereinafter established.
The Chief Justice shall also designate from among said judges, an Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors in each part of the Court of First Instance who, in conformance with the administrative organization herein established for matters concerning minors in each of said parts, shall be responsible to him, under the supervision of the General Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors, with respect to administration thereof, for the due operation of said part in all matters concerning his jurisdiction. The Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors of a part where more than one judge has been appointed to entertain such matters, shall distribute the work, and assign said matters to himself and to the other judges sitting, subject to the direction of the Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice or the Administrative Court Director by delegation of the Chief Justice shall designate in each part of the Court of First Instance the administrative personnel who shall render services in said part in connection with matters concerning minors. The officers and employees thus designated shall be under the direct administrative supervision of the Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors of the corresponding part.
Whenever any one of the judges appointed to deal exclusively with matters concerning minors would have to entertain such matters also in another part of the Court of First Instance where no regular judge has been appointed to take cognizance thereof, he shall likewise act as Administrative Judge.
The General Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors subject to the direction of the Administrative Director of the Courts shall be in charge of supervising the Program for Minors of the Court of First Instance and its coordination and development within the philosophy of Act No. 97 of June 23, 1955.
The General Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors, in coordination with the Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors of any of the parts of the Court of First Instance, shall preside [at] hearings and perform other functions in said part relating to matters within his jurisdiction; and he shall act as Administrative Judge for Matters Concerning Minors in any of said parts in case of vacancy, absence or disability of the corresponding Administrative Judge.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 2.2a - Applicability to other judicial centers

The Chief Justice shall introduce all or any of the provisions of Rule 2.2 in other judicial centers when he deems it necessary.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 2.3 - Supervisory function of administrative judges; report on their administrative activities

The administrative judges in all matters within their jurisdiction shall supervise the administrative work of the judges, officers, and other employees of their respective parts and they shall adopt such measures as will result in a better functioning thereof and in the strict compliance with these rules.
The Administrative Judge of each part of the District Court shall supervise the administrative matters concerning the municipal judges and the justices of the peace appointed to the municipalities included within his territorial limits.
Each Administrative Judge shall submit to the Chief Justice, within the first fifteen (15) days of July and January of each year, except and as provided in Rule 2.2, a written report explaining his activities as Administrative Judge during the preceding six (6) months and the condition and progress of his part during said term, as well as any other report as the Chief Justice or the Administrative Director of the Courts may deem proper to require.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 2.4 - Residence

Every judge of the Court of First Instance and any other officers or employees of the Judicial Branch as the Chief Justice may designate, assigned to act regularly in a part of said court, shall reside, if they are of the Court of First Instance, in any municipality within its territorial jurisdiction, and if they are of the District Court, in the municipality where the said part is located. All municipal judges and justices of the peace shall reside in the municipality to which they are assigned to exercise their functions regularly. Each one of these judges, officers, or employees shall have his residence established as provided hereinbefore, and shall report the same in writing to the Administrative Director of the Courts within thirty (30) days from the date these rules become effective and thereafter from the date when he is regularly assigned, transferred or in the event he moves from the date on which he may have changed residence.
The judges assigned to act as general judges shall have their official headquarters and residence in San Juan, but when such general judges are assigned to a part or to a municipality to substitute regular judges, or to fill a vacancy, they shall remain in the municipality where the part is located or where they must render their services, during the term of their assignment.
A judge may be exempted from the residence requirement for the time and under such conditions as might be deemed reasonable when, in the opinion of the Chief Justice or of the Administrative Director of the Courts, in case the said authority is delegated to the latter, extraordinary circumstances or clearly justified reasons exist and provided this exemption does not interfere with the administration of justice.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 3 - Sessions; days and hours of work

(a) The Court of First Instance shall sit throughout the year, from Monday to Friday, both inclusive, except on legal holidays. Whenever necessary because of the nature of the matter, the Court may sit on any Saturday which is not a legal holiday when so ordered by the corresponding Administrative Judge, with the authorization of the Administrative Director of the Courts.
(b) The Court shall sit regularly from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. unless the presiding judge deems it necessary to sit for a longer period. Only when required by special circumstances, which shall be set forth in detail by order of the presiding judge in the minutes of the Court, may the presiding judge sit for a shorter period, even though he may not have finished the work scheduled for that day, of which he shall immediately inform the Administrative Judge.
(c) When the judge has finished the work previously scheduled for that day, or the condition of the work so permits, he shall notify the Administrative Judge thereof, and the latter may then assign to him any other matters during session hours.
(d) The working hours from Monday to Friday of each week of all the personnel of the court, of the municipal judges and the justices of the peace and their personnel shall be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. unless the nature of said work shall require additional hours or extra days of work or a special working schedule. The Administrative Director of the Courts, with the approval of the Chief Justice, may change this schedule.
(e) The offices of the clerks and marshals shall remain open every day during working hours, except on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. By special order of the corresponding Administrative Judge, with the authorization of the Administrative Director of the Courts, or at the latter’s order, with the approval of the Chief Justice, it may be provided that they stay open on any Saturday.
(f) When at the discretion of the Chief Justice the necessities of public service shall require it, he may set other hours for sessions, including night sessions for special purposes on any day of the week.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 4 - Pretrial conferences

The Administrative Judge of the part or the judge or judges of the same to whom he has delegated such power shall prepare a pretrial conference calendar of civil and criminal cases and shall set the dates and hours therefor. In civil cases the Clerk shall serve the corresponding notice to the parties thereof at least thirty (30) days prior to the date set for the conference, except when the court on account of exceptional circumstances, or at the request of a party, orders that it be held at any other time prior to the trial.
In criminal cases the Clerk shall serve the corresponding notice to the parties thereof at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the conference, except when the court for exceptional circumstances, or at the request of a party, orders that it be held at any other time prior to the trial. The [written exchange] of the information proper at law may be required from the parties for the greater effectiveness of the purposes of the conference.
In the civil cases set for pretrial conference the attorneys for the parties will meet informally at least ten (10) days prior to the date set, for the following purposes:
(1) To stipulate the noncontroverted facts in writing and set forth the facts in controversy.
(2) To [ex]change lists of potential witnesses according to the discovery of evidence.
(3) To agree to the designation of an expert witness of the court, to stipulate in writing the qualifications of all the expert witnesses of the parties.
(4) To examine and mark all exhibits which the parties intend to present at the trial, agree as to their authenticity and admissibility and, if they disagree, to note down the grounds for opposing their admissibility.
(5) To examine and prepare a list of depositions to be presented as evidence at the trial according to law. If any party objects to the admissibility of any portion, he shall identify it and explain the grounds therefor.
(6) To reduce to the possible limit [sic] the controversy as to facts and law to be submitted for judicial decision.
(7) To discuss the possible compromise of the case.
(8) To consider any other of the measures contemplated in Rule 37.1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
The attorneys for the parties shall submit, to the office of the clerk of the part of the Court of First Instance in which the case has been filed, at least five (5) days prior to the date set for the conference, an agenda of the conference to be held, in original and as many copies as are necessary to serve notice to all the parties.
The failure to appear or the lack of preparation of any of the attorneys at this conference or the noncompliance with the court’s order will constitute ground[s] to impose the sanctions fixed by Rule 37.2 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 5 - Calendar of civil cases

(a) The courts have exclusive power, through the administrative judges, or the judge or judges to whom they have delegated such power, to set all hearings according to the applicable law.
The Administrative Judge of the part, or the judge or judges to whom he delegates such power, shall keep a permanent and continuous calendar in which he shall set for hearing all adversary civil cases ready for trial. The Clerk shall serve notice to the parties of the day set for hearing at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the trial, except when the court for exceptional circumstances, or at the request of a party, orders that it be held at any other time.
(b) In extraordinary proceedings, unlawful detainers, and other adversary matters covered by special laws, the setting for trial shall be made in accordance with the provisions of said laws.
(c) Where none of the parties appears at the hearing of a civil case, the same may be dismissed for abandonment. In case any of the parties does not appear the complaint may be dismissed, the delegation of the defendant may be eliminated, the payment of attorney’s fees may be ordered or any other just order may be issued.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 5.1 - Certification indicating that the party or parties are ready for the pretrial conference or for the trial in civil cases

For the purposes of these rules, and in order to obtain a preferential setting without prejudice to the provisions of the applicable special laws, a civil case shall be deemed ready for the pretrial conference or for the trial, when the parties or any of them certifies it thus by means of a written motion to the court. The certificate shall state:
(a) That the party or parties who sign the motion are ready and wish that the case be set for the pretrial conference or for the trial;
(b) what discovery of evidence remains to be performed or completed on the date of the motion and that if any is missing it may be completed thirty (30) days prior to the trial, and
(c) that the attorneys for the parties have met for the purpose of simplifying the questions [at] issue.
If any of the parties object, the same shall appear before the Court by motion, within ten (10) days after service of notice, setting forth the grounds for its objection. If the party does not appear it will be understood that the party has given its consent. Nothing of what has been previously provided shall limit the power of the Administrative Judge or of any judge to whom he has delegated the setting of the case for trial.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 5.2 - Application of Rule 11

Nothing of what has been provided in these rules shall prevent the application of Rule 11.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 6 - Calendar of criminal causes

(a) Each part of the Court of First Instance shall keep a permanent and continuous calendar in which the criminal causes shall be set for trial according to the following procedure: when the information is filed by the prosecuting attorney in the office of the clerk of the corresponding part, the date for arraignment shall be set immediately, except when the same has been set at the preliminary hearing held, and in the course of said arraignment if the defendant pleads not guilty, the presiding judge shall set the date for the trial in accordance with the schedule of trials established by the Administrative Judge. The defendant and his counsel shall be notified in open court of the trial date, which shall be set forth in the minutes of the court. Insofar as possible conflict with previous settings of the counsel which may be invoked for a continuance of the trial should be avoided.
(b) The Administrative Judge of each part of the District Court will keep a calendar of preliminary hearings and trials in which he shall include all criminal cases as soon as filed, and those in transit with simultaneous summons at the time [at] which allegation of not guilty and petition for trial is entered. In the cases which permit it thus, the setting for trial shall be made simultaneously with the determination of probable cause.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 7 - Motions

(a) In civil causes. — Every motion shall specifically set forth the legal grounds and arguments on which it is based, and it shall be accompanied by any document or affidavit necessary for its determination.
Any party which objects to a motion shall file its reasoned objection within the ten (10) days following the service of the motion upon such party. Said objection shall be accompanied by any document or affidavit necessary for its determination. If no objection is filed within said term of ten (10) days, the motion shall be considered submitted, unless prior to the expiration of said ten (10) days the opposing party requests an extension of said term and the court grants it.
Every motion shall be considered submitted for determination, without a hearing, unless the court, motu proprio, or at the request of a party, decides at its discretion to set it for hearing. This rule shall not be applicable to those motions which by provision of law require the holding of a hearing.
In case any of the parties fails to comply with what has been provided herein the motion may be denied, defendant’s allegations may be eliminated, the payment of attorney’s fees may be ordered or any other just order may be entered.
(b) In criminal causes. — Motions in criminal causes shall be heard pursuant to the trial schedule made by the Administrative Judge for each part.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 8 - Special calendar for Fridays

Hearings of ex parte proceedings, special legal proceedings, and applications for judgment by default shall be held at the request of either party on each Friday except when Friday is a holiday, when they shall be held on the first following available Friday before the judge or judges to whom they have been assigned. In case of extraordinary circumstances at the request of a party, the court may set said hearings for any other day.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 9 - Hearings on appeals

The Administrative Judge of each part of the Court of First Instance, or the judge or judges of the same to whom he may delegate such power, motu proprio, or at the request of a party, shall discretionally grant hearings in appeals from the District Court.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 10 - Continuance and transfer of hearings

(a) Except when extraordinary unforeseeable circumstances [outside the] control of the parties or their attorneys exist, any motion for continuance or transfer of hearings in criminal cases must be filed at least five (5) days prior to the date set for the hearing, after notice thereof to the opposing party.
Except when extraordinary unforeseeable circumstances [outside the] control of the parties or their attorneys exist, any motion for continuance or transfer of a hearing in civil cases must be filed at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for hearing, after notice thereof to the opposing party.
(b) All motions for continuance or transfer, or stipulation for continuance made before the trial in criminal cases, shall be decided or approved by the Administrative Judge, except when the latter transfers the matter for its determination to the judge who is to take cognizance or is taking cognizance of the case.
All motions for a continuance or transfer of the hearing in civil cases shall be decided by the judge who tries the case through a written order, copy of which shall be sent to the Administrative Judge. All stipulations to continue a hearing made prior to the same shall be decided by the Administrative Judge and if made on the date of the hearing it shall be decided by the presiding judge.
In all motions for continuance, transfer of hearing, or stipulation agreeing to a continuance prior to the trial as well as in all continuances requested verbally on the day of the hearing, the moving party shall submit at least three (3) available dates included within the period, for which the court in question is setting cases, for the hearing.
(c) In every case the judge who continues a hearing at his office or in open court shall immediately make a new setting, except when there are grounds which make it impossible, and which he shall set forth in writing.
(d) Once a motion for continuance or for extension has been denied, the grounds for the new motion must have arisen after the first motion was denied, unless the moving party, despite the exercise of due diligence was unable to discover them in due time.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 11 - Dismissal of inactive cases

The Administrative Judge, or the judge whom he delegates, shall dismiss all civil causes which have been pending for more than six months without any proceeding having been taken therein by any of the parties. Motions for extensions shall not be considered a proceeding for the purposes of this rule. The dismissal under this rule shall constitute res judicata.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 12 - Orders and judgments in civil cases

(a) All adversary cases tried on [its] merits shall be decided within forty-five (45) days and the motions, applications for judgment by default, and all other judicial matters within fifteen (15) days, both terms counted from the date on which the matter was submitted to the court, except when a longer period is necessary because of the nature of the case or some extraordinary circumstance. Ex parte proceedings, special legal proceedings, and other similar matters shall be deemed submitted once the oral or written argument of the prosecuting attorney has been presented in the cases required by law. The argument of the prosecuting attorney must be filed within ten (10) days after the holding of the hearing in the cases in which the same is required or from the service of notice to the former of the motion or matter. If it is not filed within the said term it will be deemed that there is no opposition, objection, or obstruction from the Prosecuting Attorney to the remedy requested. The matters covered by a special law fixing a specific term for their decision are [exempt] from this rule.
(b) The Chief Justice may relieve a judge from sitting at trials for the time that may be deemed necessary, to enable the said judge to dispose of pending judicial matters which have been submitted to him for decision.
(c) The Clerk shall keep in the record copies of the judgments, orders or decisions and of the proof of service thereof to all parties concerned, within a period not exceeding 3 working days after said judgments, orders or decisions were sent to the Clerk’s office.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 12.1 - Submission of motions for reconsideration to the judge

When a motion asking for the reconsideration of a judgment, order or decision is filed, the Clerk shall so inform the judge who rendered it, the judge substituting him or, in its defect, the Administrative Judge, not later than two (2) working days after the time it was filed.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 12.2 - Assistance of counsel during the appeal

(a) Where an accused is represented during the trial before the Court by an attorney of the Legal Aid Society, or of another institution for similar purposes or by an attorney designated by the court and, if convicted, appeals from the judgment, it shall be the duty of the attorney subscribing the notice of appeal or of the attorney designated therefor by the pertinent institution, to assist appellant in the appellate procedure until the appeal is perfected, unless appellant retains the services of an attorney of his choice and this fact is entered in the record.
If the notice of appeal is subscribed by the accused in his own right and not by the attorney of the Legal Aid Society or of an institution for similar purposes, nor by an attorney designated by the court, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the trial court to inform this fact promptly to the judge, and the latter shall secure the legal representation of appellant during the prosecution of the petition for appeal, either by designating to him one of the aforementioned attorneys, if appellant is insolvent, or including in the record the name of the attorney of appellant’s choice and verifying that such attorney shall assist appellant in the petition for appeal.
(b) If the accused is represented at the trial by an attorney of his choice and, if convicted, appeals from the judgment through his attorney, it shall be the latter’s duty to assist him in the appellate procedure until the appeal is perfected. In the event of withdrawal of representation approved by the court, the judge shall adopt proper measures to assure legal representation to appellant for the purpose of perfecting the appeal, either by designating to him an attorney of the Legal Aid Society, an attorney of an institution for similar purposes or an attorney designated by the court, if appellant is insolvent, or including in the record the name of the attorney of appellant’s choice and verifying that said attorney shall assist appellant in the petition for appeal.
If, after having been represented at the trial by an attorney of his choice, the convicted defendant appeals in his own right, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to promptly inform such fact to the judge, and the latter shall assure the legal representation of appellant during the prosecution of the petition for appeal, either by designating to him an attorney of the Legal Aid Society, an attorney of an institution for similar purposes or an attorney designated by the court, if appellant is insolvent, or including in the record the name of the attorney of appellant’s choice and verifying that such attorney shall assist appellant in the prosecution of the petition for appeal.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 12.3 - Withdrawal from legal representation

When an attorney has appeared before a court in representation ofa client he shall, upon requesting withdrawal from said professional representation, include in his petition the last residential and postal address, including telephone number if any, of the person he represents and his own, set forth that he has notified the withdrawal to his client, and comply with Canon 20 of the Canons of Professional Ethics, App. IX of this title. The Clerk shall serve notice of the court’s order to the addresses furnished by the attorney.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › Appendix II-A - Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico › Rule 14 - Commissioners of the jury

The commissioners of the jury of each part of the Court shall be appointed pursuant to law by the corresponding Administrative Judge, or by the judge of the part designated by the latter.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.