P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1245
The Administrator shall receive and commit to the institution of the Administration he may determine, pursuant to the terms of the mittimus or warrant of commitment, which has been issued by the competent authority and shall take custody with full security until their release pursuant to the proper course of law, of all the persons accused or convicted heretofore or hereinafter of an offense against the laws of the United States of America.
The Administrator shall be responsible if he fails to receive and commit with full security the persons heretofore or hereinafter convicted, who are delivered under the authority of the United States of America and shall be liable for the punishments and penalties fixed for similar faults in cases of persons confined under the authority of the People of Puerto Rico.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 116, Part 1, p. 501, § 46, retroactive to July 1, 1974.