P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 2522

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§ 2522. Jurisdiction of Parole Board

(a) Persons convicted of selling, possessing, using and holding drugs, who being drug addicts, have been certified as rehabilitated in agreement with the procedure stipulated in § 521 of Act June 23, 1971, No. 4, may request the proper authorities that their case be referred for consideration to the Parole Board. The provisions of this subsection of this section shall not apply to convicts who have violated § 2411a of this title regarding the introduction, distribution, possession for the purposes of distribution, or sale of controlled substances in schools, institutions or recreational facilities and their surroundings.

(b) The eligibility of the cases that the Board may consider shall be determined, as to the parole, in accordance with the provisions of § 1025 of Title 34, except that the requirement that the inmate must have served the minimum of his sentence shall not be required in cases referred to in subsection (l) of § 521 of Act June 23, 1971, No. 4.

(c) All the remaining provisions of Act No. 59 of June 19, 1965, which creates the Parole Board and defines its authority and functions, shall be applicable.

History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 522; Jan. 17, 1995, No. 6, § 3.