P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 243

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§ 243. Land Authority—Secretaries; copies of documents; judicial notice

(a) The Authority and its subsidiaries shall each have a secretary to be appointed by the Board. Each secretary shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing authority and until his successor is appointed. The secretary of the Authority shall also hold the office of secretary of the Board. Each secretary shall perform the functions of corporate secretary and shall perform such other duties, and shall have such other responsibilities and powers, as the Board may prescribe.

(b) The secretary of the Authority and that of each subsidiary corporation may, at their discretion, on request of any interested party, issue copies of all documents filed or deposited in the offices of the Authority and of its subsidiary corporations, and after certified by the corresponding secretary, under the corporate seal, such documents shall be admissible in evidence in any court in like manner and with like effect as the originals. The courts of justice and the offices of the Commonwealth Government and municipal governments shall take notice of the incumbent of each office of secretary, of his signature, and of the corresponding corporate seal.

History —Apr. 12, 1941, No. 26, p. 388, added as § 3A on May 13, 1947, No. 352, p. 678; May 15, 1950, No. 429, p. 1048, § 2; June 30, 1955, No. 106, p. 622, § 2; June 27, 1958, No. 131, p. 315, § 2.