P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1504
The eligibility of cases to be considered by the Board concerning the parole of any person confined in any of the penal institutions of Puerto Rico who has been or is to be convicted of crimes committed prior to the effective date of the law which established the Fixed Sentence System in Puerto Rico, shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of the law which establishes the undetermined sentence in Puerto Rico. In the cases of fixed sentences for misdemeanors, the Board, at its discretion, shall acquire jurisdiction when the inmate has served a reasonable portion of his/her present term of imprisonment.
In the case of persons convicted pursuant to the Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico now in effect, the eligibility of the cases for the consideration of the Board shall be determined according to the classification indicating the seriousness of the crime and the conditions for granting the same established in the aforementioned legal body.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 4; June 4, 1980, No. 104, p. 340, § 1; July 6, 2000, No, 114, § 11; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 16; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 316, § 3, eff. May 1, 2005.