P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 1006
(a) The Consumers Service Administration is hereby empowered to carry out all kinds of studies and investigations on matters affecting the consumer and to such purposes the Director may require the information which might be necessary, pertinent and essential to achieve such purposes and to approve those necessary and reasonable rules and regulations. The Director may issue subpoenas requiring the appearance of witnesses and the presentation of data or information to carry out the purposes of this chapter. He may also, through himself or by means of his agent duly authorized, administer oaths and receive testimonies, data or information.
(b) If a subpoena issued by the Administrator is not duly complied with, the Director may appear before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico and request the compliance of the subpoena. The Court of First Instance shall give preference to the course and dispatch of said request and may issue orders compelling the appearance of witnesses or the presentation of data or information previously required by the Director. The Court of First Instance is empowered to punish for contempt disobedience to the orders.
(c) No person shall refuse to comply with a subpoena of the Director or of his representative or to produce the required evidence, or refuse to answer any question in connection with any study or investigation, or refuse to comply with a judicial order so issued, alleging that the testimony or evidence required may incriminate him or subject him to criminal prosecution or that may cause his dismissal or removal from his employment, profession or occupation; but the testimony or evidence produced by said person on the requirements of the Director or his representative or by virtue of a judicial order, may not be used or presented as proofs against him in any criminal prosecution or in civil or administrative action that may cause his dismissal or removal from his employment, profession or occupation.
History —June 27, 1968, No. 148, p. 438, § 6, eff. July 1, 1968.