P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 1477

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§ 1477. Compelling production of evidence; immunity from prosecution—Claim of privilege against self-incrimination; order to answer

If, having appeared, such person refuses to answer any question or to produce the evidence required alleging that it might incriminate him, the magistrate shall, motu proprio or at the request of the prosecuting attorney, make a record of the proceedings, and after hearing and setting forth on the record the allegation of the witness, he shall order him to answer the question or produce the evidence required, and such person shall be under obligation to comply with said order.

History —Mar. 18, 1954, No. 3, p. 108, § 2.