P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 742
(a) Within the ten (10) days following the promulgation of any regulation or order, or of any price schedule, any person directly subject to the provisions of such regulation or order, or of such price schedule, may, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator, file an application for reconsideration setting forth his objections to any such provisions, accompanying same with affidavits or other written proof in support of such objections. Any person subject to the provisions of any regulation or order, or of any price schedule, may file such application for reconsideration at any time after the expiration of the said ten (10) days, based solely on grounds originating subsequent to the expiration of the said ten (10) days. Within a reasonable period after the filing of any application for reconsideration under this section, but in no case after thirty (30) days from the filing thereof, and forty (40) days after the promulgation of the regulation, order or price schedule, the Administrator shall decide such application for reconsideration, fix a date for the hearing thereof, or provide an opportunity to introduce additional evidence in connection therewith; Provided, That every public hearing to be held shall be duly advertised in one (or) or more newspapers of general circulation in the Commonwealth. In case the Administrator dismisses, in whole or in part, any application for reconsideration, he shall notify the petitioner of the grounds for his decision, and of the data and facts of which the Administrator has taken official notice.
(b) In the administration of §§ 731—745 of this title the Administrator may take official notice of economic data and other facts, including facts verified by him pursuant to the investigations he may have made in accordance with §§ 731—745 of this title.
(c) Proceedings under this section may be limited by the Administrator to the filing of affidavits or other proof in writing, and to the presentation of pleadings.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 228, p. 1268, § 11.