P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 4A, § II-A, Rule 6
(a) Each part of the Court of First Instance shall keep a permanent and continuous calendar in which the criminal causes shall be set for trial according to the following procedure: when the information is filed by the prosecuting attorney in the office of the clerk of the corresponding part, the date for arraignment shall be set immediately, except when the same has been set at the preliminary hearing held, and in the course of said arraignment if the defendant pleads not guilty, the presiding judge shall set the date for the trial in accordance with the schedule of trials established by the Administrative Judge. The defendant and his counsel shall be notified in open court of the trial date, which shall be set forth in the minutes of the court. Insofar as possible conflict with previous settings of the counsel which may be invoked for a continuance of the trial should be avoided.
(b) The Administrative Judge of each part of the District Court will keep a calendar of preliminary hearings and trials in which he shall include all criminal cases as soon as filed, and those in transit with simultaneous summons at the time [at] which allegation of not guilty and petition for trial is entered. In the cases which permit it thus, the setting for trial shall be made simultaneously with the determination of probable cause.
History —May 23, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.