Whenever the Governor of Puerto Rico shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his bail, probation, or parole, from the executive authority of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, he shall issue a warrant under the seal of Puerto Rico, to some agent, commanding him to receive the person so charged if delivered to him and convey him to the proper officer in the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico in which the offense was committed.
History —May 24, 1960, No. 4, p. 4, § 22, eff. 30 days after May 24, 1960.