P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 2205
The court shall retain authority over any minor subject to the provisions of this chapter until he/she has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, unless said authority is terminated through an order to such effects.
In all cases in which a minor, while under the authority of the court, is prosecuted and convicted as an adult, the court (Minors” Affairs Part) shall automatically lose its authority over said minor. In these cases, if at the time the minor is prosecuted as an adult, he/she fails to post the bail imposed, he/she shall remain confined in an institution of the Juvenile Institutions Administration until he/she is convicted as an adult. The court (Criminal Part) shall be required to order minors prosecuted and convicted as adults to comply with any disposition imposed by the court (Minors” Affairs Part) that has not been yet completed.
Once the minor is convicted as an adult, the authority of the Juvenile Institutions Administration over the minor shall cease, and said minor shall be under the authority of the General court of Justice immediately. The court shall take the necessary safeguards to ensure that the convict remains under the custody of the Administration of Corrections and Rehabilitation to complete the juvenile disposition issued by the court as an adult. Once the juvenile disposition is completed, he/she shall begin to serve the sentence imposed for the new offense committed consecutively.
If the minor is prosecuted as an adult for the new offense, but he/she is acquitted of the new offense charges or such charges are dismissed, the court (Minors” Affairs Part) shall retain authority over the minor until he/she completes the juvenile disposition issued by the court.
History —July 9, 1986, No. 88, p. 276, § 5; July 13, 1988, No. 94, p. 385, § 1; Aug. 12, 1995, No. 183, § 2; Aug. 11, 2011, No. 178, § 1.