P.R. Laws tit. 4A, § 9
Within five (5) days after appellee’s brief is filed, or after the term therefore elapses and the same has not been filed, any of the parties may request in writing that the case be set for a hearing for oral argument. The Court of First Instance may set the case for a hearing in its discretion. If the request is not made, the case shall be taken under advisement.
Counsel shall be granted fifteen (15) minutes each for the principal oral argument and five (5) additional minutes each for rebuttal. These terms may be modified in the discretion of the presiding judge.
The briefs shall be typewritten, double spaced, and they shall contain no more than fifteen (15) legal-sized pages, unless the court expressly authorizes more.
History —June 7, 1979, eff. Oct. 1, 1979.