P.R. Laws tit. 5, § 1304

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§ 1304. Permit—Revocation or refusal to renew

When it is found that a person holding a permit issued under this chapter, or who has applied for renewal of a permit hereunder, has violated or failed to comply with any provision of this chapter or of the regulations promulgated hereunder, the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico or his authorized agent may revoke or refuse to renew said permit to the person requesting renewal.

To such end the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico shall summon the interested party to appear before him or his authorized agent, either in person or represented by counsel, to show cause why the permit issued to him should not be revoked, or the renewal of the permit requested by him should not be denied, in the light of the facts which he shall specify and which constitute a violation or infringement of this chapter or of the regulations promulgated hereunder.

If after considering the reasons and evidence given by said interested party, of which record shall be taken, the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico or his authorized agent be adverse to said party, the latter may, within the ten (10) days following the date of notice thereof, request a review before any Part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico. Said review shall be exclusively restricted to issues of law.

The Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico or his authorized agent shall remand to the Court of First Instance the original record of the case within the fifteen (15) days following the date on which notice of the petition for review is served on him. He shall likewise prepare and certify as correct the transcription of the stenographic record of the case, which shall be remanded to the Court of First Instance on petition of interested party, upon payment of the corresponding fees and in the manner and within the term directed by said court. Against the judgment rendered in the case no remedy shall lie other than a petition for certiorari before the Supreme Court, restricted to issues of law.

History —June 14, 1962, No. 46, § 4, eff. 90 days after June 14, 1962.