P.R. Laws tit. 1, § 171
An Investigation, Prosecution and Appeal Commission is hereby created to be composed of five Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. No officer or employee of the Department of Justice, of the Department of the Treasury nor of the Police of Puerto Rico or of any organization ascribed thereto may be a member of the Commission, except persons who on the date of effectiveness of this chapter are members of the Police Commission, who shall become a part of the Commission herein created, until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed.
The Commissioners shall discharge their respective offices for a period of three years from the date of their appointment and until their successors have been appointed and qualify and no other compensation shall be given except as provided in § 182 of this title. The Governor shall designate one of the members as Chairman of the Commission. Three Commissioners shall constitute a quorum to carry out agreements.
When one or more of the Commissioners become physically disabled or for any other reason are unable to fulfill the functions of their office, the Governor, with advice and consent, may appoint one or more Commissioners to discharge said office for the remaining term of the corresponding Commissioner or Commissioners who created the vacancy.
History —May 22, 1972, No. 32, p. 60, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 22, 1972.