P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 1735e
Any person summoned to serve as a juror shall have the right to:
(a) Not be forced to serve as a juror for more than the terms established in § 1735f of this title.
(b) Be treated with dignity and decorum by the staff and management of the Judicial Branch with whom he or she enters into contact.
(c) Have an adequate place available while in active service in the court.
(d) Be summoned to serve as a juror not less than ten (10) days before the date on which attendance is required.
(e) Receive salary payments from his employer while in active jury duty and in compliance with the norms approved in this chapter.
(f) Receive, while unemployed, or while the leave for jury duty established by this chapter has expired, payment of a fee for each day of service attending the court that is required from him.
(g) Receive payment or reimbursement for transportation expenses that were necessarily incurred in order to attend court, in compliance with the regulations approved for such purposes, and to receive transportation supplied by the court when the court believes that there are circumstances so warranting.
(h) Receive payment for reimbursement for food expenses while in active service as a juror, in compliance with the regulations approved for such purposes.
(i) Not being fired from his or her job or being penalized in any way by his or her employer for the sole fact of having served as a juror.
(j) Be covered by the Judicial Division’s worker’s compensation insurance while acting as a juror.
History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 281, § 7, eff. 180 days after Sept. 27, 2003.