P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 4A, § II–A, Rule 2
(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.