Appendix II-A Rules of Administration for the Court of First Instance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Rule 1. Seal
Rule 2. Administrative Judge
Rule 2.1. General Administrative Judge and Administrative Judges of Parts for Matters Concerning Minors—Administrative organization
Rule 2.2. Administrative organization of the Judicial Center of San Juan
Rule 2.2a. Applicability to other judicial centers
Rule 2.3. Supervisory function of administrative judges; report on their administrative activities
Rule 2.4. Residence
Rule 3. Sessions; days and hours of work
Rule 4. Pretrial conferences
Rule 5. Calendar of civil cases
Rule 5.1. Certification indicating that the party or parties are ready for the pretrial conference or for the trial in civil cases
Rule 5.2. Application of Rule 11
Rule 6. Calendar of criminal causes
Rule 7. Motions
Rule 8. Special calendar for Fridays
Rule 9. Hearings on appeals
Rule 10. Continuance and transfer of hearings
Rule 11. Dismissal of inactive cases
Rule 12. Orders and judgments in civil cases
Rule 12.1. Submission of motions for reconsideration to the judge
Rule 12.2. Assistance of counsel during the appeal
Rule 12.3. Withdrawal from legal representation
Rule 13. Transcripts of evidence; deposit of fees, and stenographers’ reports
Rule 14. Commissioners of the jury
Rule 15. Judicial records and books which the Clerk should keep
Rule 16. Reports
Rule 16.1. Term of sessions of the Court of First Instance
Rule 17. Leaves of absence
Rule 18. Nonjuridical functions of the judges
Rule 19. Supplemental provisions
Rule 20. Applicability of these rules to the municipal judges and to the justices of the peace
Rule 21. Delegation
Rule 22. Effective date