P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 217
The Secretary may compel any applicant or holder of a permit to show any book, paper and document which in his opinion may be necessary to carry out any act or exercise any function entrusted to him by this chapter. He may also issue such orders to do or not to do, to cease and desist as he may deem necessary for the purpose of accomplishing the purposes of this chapter and of the regulations promulgated thereunder. Any party adversely affected by such order may request an administrative hearing at which he may set forth the reasons he may have for the order to be modified or reversed and not to be enforced. The order or ruling of the Secretary may be reviewed as provided in § 215 of this title. The effects of said order or ruling of the Secretary shall not be stayed unless so ordered by the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico or by the Secretary himself, as established in the aforesaid § 215.
Furthermore, the Secretary may, represented by the Secretary of Justice, by the attorneys of the Department or by a private attorney retained for the purpose, resort to the courts of Puerto Rico or the courts of the United States of America, to request the enforcement of any order or decision issued by him or to seek, through any civil action, any remedy which he may deem pertinent to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and of the regulations promulgated thereunder.
History —June 25, 1968, No. 132, p. 314, added as § 12 on June 3, 1976, No. 144, p. 423, § 13, eff. 30 days after June 3, 1976.