P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 2159

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§ 2159. Notice of hearing

The agency shall notify all the parties or their authorized representatives and interveners, in writing, of the date, hour and place in which the adjudicative hearing shall be held. The notice shall be mailed or delivered personally at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the hearing, unless for duly justified reasons consigned in the notice, it is necessary to reduce said period, and shall contain the following information:

(a) Date, hour and place the hearing shall be held, as well as its nature and purpose.

(b) Warning that the parties may appear pro se or with the assistance of counsel, including the cases of corporations and partnerships.

(c) Citation of the legal or regulatory provision that authorizes the holding of the hearing.

(d) Reference to the legal provisions or regulations presumably infringed, if charged with an infraction thereof, and the facts constituting such infraction.

(e) Admonishment of the measures that the agency may resort to if a party does not appear at the hearing.

(f) Warning that the hearing cannot be suspended.

History —Aug. 12, 1988, No. 170, § 3.9; Aug. 8, 2002, No. 130, § 1.