P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 1881m
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The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one (1) year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a magistrate of a Court of First Instance with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 1881 l of this title; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
History —May 24, 1960, No. 4, p. 4, § 14, eff. 30 days after May 24, 1960.