P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 1186
The Court of First Instance shall, at the request of the Secretary of Justice, have power to decree that a certain building is, in whole or in part, an establishment, and to order its closure for being a public nuisance, for such time as may be necessary for the protection of the public peace and welfare. In order to decree that a building is an establishment it shall not be necessary that a person has been previously sentenced for violation of former §§ 1175, 1176 or 1365 of this title. The court shall have power to take such measures as may be necessary, according to the circumstances of each case, for the protection of the owners or other persons adversely affected by the closure, when the court is satisfied that such persons are not guilty of the facts charged in the action, and shall have the power, among others, to decree the immediate eviction of the occupant who gave rise to the action, instead of the closure of the building; and shall likewise have power to leave without effect the closure already decreed if it be shown to it, without purposes of evasion, that the building will be used for legal purposes.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 122, p. 344, § 2.