P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 830h
The Commission is empowered to conduct public hearings in any place in the Commonwealth, receive the testimony of interested parties and summon those who, in its judgment, should depose on any matters or studies they are considering or investigating. The Commission and each one of its members shall be empowered to take oaths and statements. The Commission shall order witnesses to appear and make statements as well as to present any documents, books, registers or any other evidence which is relevant to the matters being considered by it.
When a witness that is summoned by the Commission does not appear to testify, or does not produce the required evidence or refuses to answer any study or investigation carried out by the Commission in the performance of its duties, the Chairman of the Commission may request the assistance of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico to require his attendance and statement, or the production of the required evidence, as the case may be. The Secretary of Justice shall supply the Commission with legal counsel for the above-stated purposes.
After filing the petition before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, said court shall issue a summons requiring and directing the witness to appear before the Commission and give testimony, or to produce the requested evidence, or both, and any disobedience of the summons issued by the court shall be punished by it as civil contempt.
History —May 31, 1985, No. 20, p. 60, § 9.