P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 1881k
The officer or person executing the warrant of arrest issued by the judge of the corresponding court may, when necessary, confine the prisoner, on a confinement order issued by the corresponding judge of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, in the jail of any city or town through which he may pass; and the jail warden or superintendent must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route.
The agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered, may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any city or town through which he may pass, and the jail warden or superintendent must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the agent of the demanding state is ready to proceed on his route; Provided, That said agent of the demanding state shall produce and show the jail warden or superintendent written evidence of the fact that he is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state. The prisoner in such case may be confined in jail without the necessity of a confinement order. Provided, further, That when the confinement is made on petition of the agent of the demanding state, such agent shall be chargeable with the expense of keeping.
The officer or agent of the demanding state to whom a person may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a person may have been delivered after waiving extradition in such other state and who is passing through the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with such a person for the purpose of returning such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any city or town through which he may pass. The jail warden must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route; Provided, That such agent shall be chargeable with the expense of keeping; Provided, further, That such officer or agent shall produce and show the jail warden written evidence of the fact that he is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state after the corresponding requisition by the executive authority of such demanding state. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in Puerto Rico. In such a case, the prisoner may be confined in jail without the necessity of a confinement order.
History —May 24, 1960, No. 4, p. 4, § 12, eff. 30 days after May 24, 1960.