P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 352
In every proceeding for condemnation of private property for public use, the representation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall fall to the officer designated in the act authorizing such proceeding.
Whenever any act authorizes the condemnation of private property for public use or a proceeding of the nature of condemnation, without designating the officer who is to represent the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and whenever any act designates or empowers the Governor to assume the representation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the said proceedings, such representation shall be assumed either by the Governor himself, or by the Secretary of State with the previous approval of the Governor.
The provision of the foregoing paragraph shall not affect the power heretofore or hereafter conferred on any officer, in alternative with the Governor, to represent the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the proceedings to which this section refers.
History —Apr. 20, 1942, No. 39, p. 446, § 2; Apr. 30, 1956, No. 13, p. 36, §§ 1, 2.