P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 631

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§ 631. Judicial review

The final determinations of the Election Comptroller, the Board of Election Comptrollers, or of the Chair of the State Election Commission while exercising his/her adjudicative powers as provided in this chapter in the event of ties in the Board of Election Comptrollers, except for determinations made regarding the filing of writs with the Court of First Instance, shall be reviewed by the Court of Appeals through a writ of review within thirty (30) days counted as of the entry date of a copy of the determination to be appealed. During the ninety (90) days before the date of an election event, this term shall be reduced to fifteen (15) days. During the sixty (60) days before the date of the election event, this term shall be reduced to ten (10) days. During the thirty (30) days before an election event, the term shall be reduced to five (5) days. The terms set forth in this section shall be jurisdictional in nature. In case of injunctions related to the suspension of disbursements to political parties and media campaigns, the term to file an appeal shall be five (5) days as of the entry date of a copy of the notice of judgment.

History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 12.000; renumbered as § 11.000 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 81.