P.R. Laws tit. 11, § 10
Upon written request of the Manager of the State Fund or of the Industrial Commission or of any commissioner thereof, together with interrogatories and cross-interrogatories, if any, filed with the secretary of any part of the First Instance or District Court, or of any justice of the peace, the pertinent judge shall issue the proper orders to take depositions of witnesses residing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or abroad, or letters rogatory to courts of any State of the United States or of a foreign country, as in any other case pending before said magistrate; and upon the return of said depositions or answers to letters rogatory, the same shall be opened by the secretary of the court or peace court issuing such depositions or letters rogatory, which secretary shall note on the back or at the foot thereof, the date when said deposition or answers to letters rogatory were received, and the same shall forthwith be sent to the Manager or to the Industrial Commission, as the case may be. The stipend of witnesses appearing before the Manager or before the Industrial Commission or a commissioner thereof, shall be six dollars ($6) for room and board, in accordance with regulations approved for the purpose, and in addition, transportation expenses. The part of the First Instance or District Court or the peace court in whose jurisdiction the accident occurred may enforce the provisions of this section relating to compulsory appearance, taking of witnesses’ oaths, and examination of books and documents.
History —Apr. 18, 1935, No. 45, p. 250, § 8; June 15, 1955, No. 70, p. 258, § 1; Apr. 20, 1970, No. 13, p. 33, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 20, 1970.