P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 2503
(a) In the Military Forces of Puerto Rico not in federal service, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, auxiliary air base or other place where troops are on duty or of a regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, separate squadron, detached company or other detachment, may convene a summary court-martial.
The proceedings shall be informal.
(b) When only one commissioned officer is present with a command or detachment he shall be the summary court-martial of that command or detachment and shall hear and determine all summary court-martial cases brought before him. Summary courts-martial may, however, be convened in any case by superior competent authority when considered desirable by him.
History —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 810, eff. 90 days after June 23, 1969.