P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 346d
(a) Once a petition for a restraining order has been filed according to the provisions of this chapter, the court shall issue a summons to the parties in question under admonishment of contempt, for them to appear within a term which shall not exceed five (5) days.
(b) The service of the summons and the copy of the petition shall be made pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure of Puerto Rico and shall be executed by an officer of the court or by any other law enforcement officer as promptly as possible and it shall take preference over any other type of summons, except those of a similar nature. The court shall keep a record of every case in which every summons issued pursuant to this chapter shall be noted.
(c) The failure of a person to appear after being duly summoned pursuant to this chapter shall be punishable as contempt to the court which issued the summons.
(d) Once the petition has been filed, notice thereof shall be served pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure of Puerto Rico.
(e) At the request of the petitioner, the court may order that the summons be served by any person over eighteen (18) years of age who is not a party to the case.
History —July 12, 1986, No. 121, p. 389, added as § 6.4 on Jan. 6, 1998, No. 9, § 2, eff. 60 days after Jan. 6, 1998.