P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 639
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 5 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, App. II of Title 34, the prosecuting attorneys and the members of the Puerto Rico Police shall sign and swear all charges for violation to the provisions of this chapter when the acts that constitute the crime are known to them through information and belief.
In no case in which the abovementioned circumstances concurred, shall the person who is the victim of the alleged facts that constitute the crime be required to sign the accusation.
History —Aug. 15, 1989, No. 54, p. 199, § 3.9, eff. 90 days after Aug. 15, 1989.