P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 1346
The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Election Commission shall have the responsibility of carrying out any activity, procedure and duty needed to implement this chapter, pursuant to the powers conferred upon him by Act No. 4 of December 20, 1977. For such purposes, he/she shall adopt the rules and regulations needed for its implementation, issue orders, adopt resolutions and determinations, and may delegate to his assistants the execution thereof.
Provided, That any orders, rules, regulations or resolutions that are adopted for such purposes must be compatible with the applicable provisions of said act and the national party regulations.
Any rule that an affiliate political party agrees [to] with its national party, including the plan for the selection of delegates, that is in conflict with this chapter, shall prevail over the same, [except] that regarding the date for the holding of the Presidential Primaries established in § 1324 of this title, which shall prevail over any regulation, rule or plan of any affiliate political party.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 6, p. 997, § 26; Oct. 3, 1983, No. 34, p. 5, § 9; renumbered as § 23 on Mar. 15, 1984, No. 2, p. 448, § 15; renumbered as § 22 on July 2, 1987, No. 89, p. 347, § 10; Feb. 28, 1992, No. 2, § 4.