2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR Appendices - Rules of Court (§§ 1 — 1-54) › V - Judicial Conference › § VI. - Assignment and sphere of action of committees

(a) Executive Committee. — The assignment and sphere of action of this Committee shall be the following:
(1) To collaborate with the Supreme Court and the Office of the Secretariat of the Judicial Conference in the organization of the sessions and in the business of the Conference.
(2) To plan the course of proposals and recommendations and impart such guidelines as may be adequate to each advisory committee.
(3) To analyze, as an evaluating body, the proposals, studies and recommendations.
(4) To maintain an interchange of ideas and opinions with the advisory committees on the matters that shall be considered by the Judicial Conference in a plenary session, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court.
(b) Committee on Rules of Evidence. — The assignment and sphere of action of this Committee shall be the following:
(1) To consider and revise the Rules of Evidence to evaluate the application of this body of rules within the administration of justice.
(2) To propose such amendments and recommendations as it may deem necessary for the improvement of evidentiary law.
(3) To carry out any other assignment entrusted to it by the Supreme Court with regard to these matters.
(c) Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure. — The assignment and sphere of action of this Committee will be the following:
(1) To consider and revise the present Rules of Civil Procedure, the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure in force, and any other civil procedural law.
(2) To recommend such amendments or modifications as it may deem proper or necessary for the improvement of this body of procedural rules, and pinpoint problematic aspects of its application.
(3) To carry out any other assignment entrusted to it by the Supreme Court with regard to these matters.
(d) Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure. — [The assignment and sphere of action of this Committee will be the following:]
(1) To consider and revise the Rules of Criminal Procedure, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure in force, and any other criminal procedural laws.
(2) To recommend such amendments or modifications to the Rules of Criminal Procedure and to the other procedural statutes as it may deem necessary and convenient for a better administration of criminal justice in Puerto Rico.
(3) To carry out any other assignment entrusted to it by the Supreme Court with regard to these matters.
(e) Committee on Minors’ Affairs. — The assignment and sphere of action of this Committee shall be the following:
(1) To evaluate the system that will govern judicial proceedings concerning minors.
(2) To consider and revise the new Puerto Rico Minors’ Act, §§ 2201-2238 of Title 34, and the Rules of Procedure for Minors’ Affairs as adopted by the Supreme Court.
(3) To recommend such amendments or changes as it may deem necessary to improve and speed up all proceedings relative to minors covered by the said act and regulations.
(4) To carry out any other assignment entrusted to it by the Supreme Court with regard to these matters.
(f) Committee on Judicial Reform and on Administration of the Court of First Instance. — The assignment and sphere of action of this Committee shall be the following:
(1) To study and evaluate the structure, organization, and operation of the Court of First Instance, the functions of each of its two divisions, their competence with regard to the amount and matters in civil proceedings and the nature of offenses in criminal proceedings, the seat of the parts of both divisions and their territorial demarcation, and the system of appeal or review from the District Court to the Court of First Instance.
(2) To analyze the entire administrative phase of the Court of First Instance, including the revision of the Rules of Administration of said court.
(3) To recommend such proposals, amendments or modifications to the judicial system and to the Rules of Administration as it may deem necessary for the improvement of the operation of the Court of First Instance.
(4) To carry out other assignment entrusted to it by the Supreme Court with regard to these matters.
History —Oct. 10, 1957; added June 30, 1987, amended Nov. 15, 1996.