P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 341p
(a) Any part[y] adversely affected by a decision of a resolution [on] its merits or by a decision in reconsideration of the Secretary or of the officer designated by him, pursuant to subsection (d) of § 341e of this title, may request judicial review of said decision from the Court of Appeals. The petition for review shall be filed before the Court of Appeals within thirty (30) days of the date of the filing in record of the notice of said decision.
(b) The decision of the Secretary or of the officer designated by him, shall remain in full force and effect until a decision from the Court of Appeals revoking or modifying the decision of the Secretary becomes final.
(c) The appeal for review shall be executed by presenting a petition at the Office of the clerk of the court, which shall state the grounds on which the petition for review is based. The party shall notify the filing of the petition for review to the agency and to all the parties within the term for petitioning said review. Said notice may be remitted by mail.
(d) The Secretary shall transmit to the court a certified copy of the documents appearing in the file within a term of ten (10) days, counting from the date on which he was served notice of the issuing of a writ of review.
(e) The court shall review the resolutions or orders of the Secretary on the basis of the administrative record submitted to it and only as to the conclusions of law; the issues of fact of the Secretary shall be conclusive to the court if supported by substantial evidence.
(f) The petition for review made to the Court of Appeals shall not stay the effects of the regulations, order or resolution of the Secretary.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the complaints filed by the Office of Monopolistic Affairs of the Department of Justice, under the provisions of § 259 of Title 10.
History —Apr. 23, 1973, No. 5, p. 15, § 17; June 26, 1974, No. 87, Part 1, p. 306, § 6; June 23, 1978, No. 71, p. 240, § 3; June 27, 1985, No. 36, p. 134; Jan. 5, 2006, No. 6, § 3.