P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 2007
In compliance with the duties imposed by this chapter, the Secretary or the subaltern officer designated by him, may issue summons requiring the appearance of witnesses and the presentation of data or information that the Secretary or the subaltern officer designated by him, may consider necessary, including payrolls, salaries and hours of work records and accounting books.
If a summons issued by the Secretary or by the subaltern officer designated by him, were not duly complied with, the Secretary or the subaltern officer designated by him, may appear before any Part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico and request that the court shall order the compliance with the summons. The Court of First Instance shall give preference to the expedition and dispatch of said petitions and shall have the authority to issue orders making compulsory the appearance of witnesses or the presentation of any data or information that the Secretary, or the subaltern officer designated by him, has previously required. The court shall be empowered to punish for contempt disobedience to its orders.
No person may refuse to comply with a summons of the Secretary or of the subaltern officer designated by him, or of a judicial order so issued alleging that the testimony, data or information required might incriminate him or render him liable to a penalty, but said person may not be criminally prosecuted in connection with any transaction, matter or thing, in regard to which he has given testimonial or produced data or information.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 7, eff. July 1, 1969.