P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 294l
(a) The [Solicitor General] shall represent the Commonwealth in all civil and criminal matters to which it is a party or in which it has an interest, that are being processed in appellate forums or otherwise before the appellate courts of Puerto Rico, the United States, or any federated state, territory or possession of the United States of America, except in cases in which the Secretary determines otherwise.
(b) The [Solicitor General] shall also represent before any appellate court the parties or interests represented by the Department at first instance and appear before any appellate court to follow up on other cases being processed at first instance by the Department or by external legal representation, except in cases in which the Secretary determines otherwise and subject to the exceptions that may be established by law.
(c) Likewise, at the request of a municipality, the [Solicitor General] shall render services in appeals, in appropriate cases and when the Secretary deems it convenient. The municipality shall pay the Department the cost of said legal representation, which moneys shall be covered into the Special Fund created by virtue of §§ 291—295u of this title.
(d) In those cases in which the Commonwealth and a party or interest represented by the Department concur as parties at first instance, the [Solicitor General] may opt to represent simultaneously, before the corresponding appellate forum, both the Commonwealth and the party or interest represented by the Department at first instance; represent only the party or interest represented by the Department at first instance; or represent the Commonwealth only. In this last case, the approval of the Secretary shall be necessary.
History —Aug. 9, 2004, No. 205, § 60.