P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 2820

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§ 2820. Judicial review

Any party adversely affected by an order or decision of the Board, after complying with the reconsideration requirement, may petition the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, for review of said order or decision. The petition for review must be filed with the Court of First Instance within fifteen (15) days from the date of the notice of the resolution or order of the Board.

The petitioner shall serve the Board, through its President, with a copy of the petition for review on the same date the petition is filed.

The filing of the petition for review shall not stay the effects of said order or decision unless the court should so order it at the request of an interested party, and after a hearing and determination that the party against whom the resolution or order was issued shall suffer grave or irreparable injury, unless such stay is ordered. The resolution held by the court shall include a bond in the amount deemed fair, to guarantee adequate compensation for the damages produced by the stay of the execution of the order or resolution of the Board.

The court shall set down a hearing on the petition within thirty (30) days following the filing of the petition, which shall take place no later than fifteen (15) days after the date of setting or of the extension [set] by the court.

The review shall be held on the basis of the record of the administrative hearing submitted by the Board.

History —July 13, 1978, No. 53, p. 528, § 19.