P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 34A, § II, Rule 81
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On motion of The People or the defendant, a court in which a criminal action is pending may transfer it to another part on the following grounds:
(a) When for any reason other than those enumerated in Rule 76 a just and fair trial cannot be had in the district where the case is pending.
(b) When for reasons of public disorder existing in the district, a just and fair trial cannot be safely and speedily had for the defendant and The People.
(c) Whenever the life of the defendant or of any witness would be jeopardized by a trial in said district.
(d) When no jury can be obtained for the trial of the defendant in said district.