It shall be the duty of the Secretary to hold administrative hearings giving the affected person the opportunity to be heard, before denying, suspending or cancelling any license to engage in the introduction and/or marketing of fowl or hatching eggs, and to officially notify the affected person of his respective determination in any sense.
The validity of such determination of the Secretary may be contested by any aggrieved party. Such action may be taken by filing a petition for review before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico within the fifteen (15) days following the official notification of the determination, it being understood as such the date on which the same was sent by registered mail to the aggrieved party or to his counsel. Such review shall be limited to issues of law, and the findings of fact of the Secretary, supported by substantial evidence in the record, shall be conclusive. The party aggrieved by the judgment rendered by the Court of First Instance may file a petition for a review thereof by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, through certiorari, within twenty (20) days after said judgment was notified. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico may issue the writ if it considers that the petition has merit, but in no case shall the effects of the judgment of the Court of First Instance be stayed while the review is pending.
History —June 25, 1966, No. 124, p. 383, § 6.