P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1312

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§ 1312. Confidentiality of the Office records

(a) All the information provided by the person charged during his/her initial interview or subsequent contacts with the Office and all its personnel, shall be strictly confidential, as well as all the information derived from the information provided by the person charged during his/her initial interview or subsequent contacts with the Office. Said information shall not be divulged without the written consent of the person charged, except for the report with the recommendations of the Office, which shall be remitted to the prosecutor, the defense attorney and the judge. This information may never be used against the person charged during his/her trial. In the event of failure to appear at court when the person charged has been properly summoned, the Office may furnish to the court or to any other public law agency, upon their request, the last known address of the person charged or any other information that may help in his/her arrest. The original report shall remain in the files of the Office of Pretrial Services and a copy shall remain in the confidential files of the court.

(b) None of the provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted to impair the right [of] every person charged with a crime to be released conditionally by posting bond as provided in Art. II, Sec. 11 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and the Rules of Criminal Procedure of Puerto Rico, Title 34, App. II.

(c) Any party that does not agree with the decision of the court shall be allowed to request a review of said decision, subject to the provisions of the Rules of Criminal Procedure in effect.

History —Aug. 12, 1995, No. 177, § 12, renumbered as § 11 on Aug. 4, 1997, No. 58, § 9; June 3, 2004, No. 133, § 4.