P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1506
The Board members and the Examiners designated by the Board are empowered:
(a) To issue summons for the presence of witnesses and the production of books, registers, documents and objects pertinent to investigations carried out in the performance of their official duties.
(b) To take oaths and receive testimony, data or information or any other evidence pertinent to any case or matter pending determination by the Board itself.
If a summons issued by any member of the Board or the examiners designated thereby is not duly obeyed, the board may appear before any part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico to request the Court to order compliance of the summons. The Court of First Instance shall be authorized to issue orders making compulsory the appearance of witnesses or the production of books, papers, registers, documents or other objects that have been required from the witness.
Any person may be prosecuted and sentenced for perjury in giving testimony before any member of the Board, or before the Examiners designated thereby.
(c) Hold hearings for the investigation, concession or revoking of parole.
(d) Take or have depositions taken.
(e) Hold and preside over preliminary conferences to clarify and simplify matters in controversy.
(f) Attend to procedural pleas or similar matters.
(g) It shall be the duty of the Examining Officials once the hearing is held, to draft a report with their recommendations. The report shall contain a summary of all evidence received, a statement of their findings of fact and conclusions of law, pursuant to the evidence received, the facts, and applicable law. Said report shall be submitted to the Board within a term that shall not exceed fifteen (15) days after the hearing is held, except under exceptional circumstances.
It may also punish the disobedience of any order thus issued, for contempt.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 6; Nov. 17, 1992, No. 92, § 3; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 13; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 16.