P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 34A, § II, Rule 52
In cases where information is filed, the defendant shall be taken before trial to open court where he shall be arraigned, unless he waives arraignment, and he shall be called upon to plead thereto. The arraignment will not be necessary if, prior to the same, the defendant has been personally given a copy thereof and, upon representation by counsel, he has answered or if he fails to do so and the ten- (10-) day term to plead has passed, in which case a pleading of not guilty shall be registered. Subject to the provisions of Rule 243, the defendant shall be present on arraignment in the cases in which said procedure is in order. A copy of the information and the list of the witnesses shall be furnished to him before he is called upon to plead.
When in cases where a minor is prosecuted as an adult due to a waiver of jurisdiction thereupon, witnesses’ sworn statements utilized at the hearing by the Prosecutor for Minors’ Affairs to establish probable cause pursuant to Rule 2.10 for Procedures in Minors’ Affairs, App. I-A of this title, shall be handed over to said minor upon request thereof.
History —June 19, 1987, No. 29, p. 91 § 9; Aug. 22, 1990 No. 55 p. 220, § 3, eff. 30 days after Aug. 22, 1990.