P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 9020i
The Chief Permit Inspector shall be empowered to order the immediate closing of a commercial establishment which violates any law or regulation enforced by the Permit Management Office. The Chief Permit Inspector shall determine, through regulations, the procedure to be followed to order the summary closing established herein, as well as the cases in which such summary proceeding shall apply. An immediate closing order issued by the Chief Permit Inspector to a commercial establishment through the procedure established in the Joint Regulation shall be reviewable before the Court of First Instance.
The Office of the Chief Permit Inspector is hereby granted jurisdiction to employ this procedure in autonomous municipalities with permit offices or equivalent offices, pursuant to §§ 4001 et seq. of Title 21, known as the “Autonomous Municipalities Act of Puerto Rico”, when these so request. The express delegation of functions is hereby authorized in order to achieve the purposes of this section onto the official designated by the Chief Permit Inspector. Any person who violates a closing order issued by the Office of the Chief Permit Inspector under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the administrative fines and penalties set forth in Subchapters XIV and XVII, respectively. Any action under this section shall neither impede nor hinder any other administrative or judicial action against the same persons or property in question.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 10.10.