P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 1253
If any individual subpoenaed to appear before the Commission shall fail to obey such subpoena, or if, upon appearing before the Commission, he shall refuse to be sworn, or shall refuse affirmation to be examined, or to answer any relevant question, or to produce any relevant document when ordered so to do, the Commission may invoke the assistance of the Court of First Instance to enforce such appearance, testimony, or production of documents. Said court shall, on good cause shown, command any person to appear before the Commission and produce documents or give testimony anent the matter at issue. Failure to obey such order of the court may be punished as contempt by said court. Any person who shall fail or refuse to appear and give testimony, or who shall neglect to comply with any lawful request, or shall refuse to produce books, papers and documents, if it is in his power to do so, in compliance with a subpoena or lawful requirement of the Commission, or any individual who may act in a disorderly and disrespectful manner before the Commission or before any of its members or examiners presiding at the hearing or investigation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for a term of not more than twenty (20) days, or both.
History —June 28, 1962, No. 109, p. 288, § 42; May 1, 1968, No. 30, p. 47.