Ley 5 del 1984

(P. del S. 1116)

LEY

Para adicionar el inciso

(e) a la Regla 6.1 de las de Procedimiento Criminal de 1963. según enmendadas, para evitar la prestación de fianzas on ausencia del acusado o imputado de delito que no haya sido arrestado o comparecido a la jurisdicción del Tribunal.

EXPOSICION DE MOTIVOS

En el pasado, acusados fuera y dentro de la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico han prestado fianza en ausencia, trayendo como consecuencia que el acusado no ha podido ser citado para vista preliminar o para juicio. Para evitar que se continúe con esa práctica se propane que se enmiende la Regla 6.1 de las de Procedimiento Criminal aprobadas en 1963 a los efectos de impedir a los tribunales o magistrados que acepten la prestación de fianzas de acusados o imputados de delito que no hayan sido arrestados y traidos a la jurisdicción del tribunal. A estos fines se dirige esta ley.

Decrétase por la Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico:

Sección 1.- Se adiciona el inciso

(e) a la Regla 6.1 de las de Procedimiento Criminal de 1963, para que lea: "REGLA 6.1-FIANZA HASTA QUE SE DICTE SENTENCIA; CUANDO SE EXIGIRA

Las personas arrestadas por delito no serán restringidas innecesariamente de su libertad antes de mediar fallo condenatorio

(a) (e) No se admitirá fianza con relación a imputados que se encuentran fuera de la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Tampoco se admitirá fianza con relación a imputado que no haya sido arrestado o comparecido ante un magistrado para ser informado del delito o los delitos por los cuales ha.sido denunciado o acusado de acuerdo a los procedimientos establecidos en la Regla 22."

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Sección 2.- Esta Ley empezará a regir inmediatamente después de su aprobación.

Presidente del Senado

Presidente de la Cámara

Departamento de Estado

CERTIFICO: que es copia fiel y exacta del originnl aprobado y fir. modo por el Gobernador del Estado Libro Asociado do Puerto Rico ol dia ..30. do 10. 1984

Lamela AuePalení Secretaria Auxiliar do Estado do Puerto Rico

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COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

CAPITOL BUILDING P.O. BOX 7986

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00904

February 28, 1985

Juan R. Melecio, Director of the Office of Legislative Services of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, hereby certifies to the Secretary of State that he has duly compared the English and Spanish texts of Act No. 5 (S.B. 1116) of the 4th Session of the 9th Legislature of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, entitled:

AN ACT to add clause

(e) to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended, to prevent the furnishing of bail in the absence of a person who has been accused or charged for an offense, and has not been arrested or brought before the jurisdiction of the Court, and finds the same are complete, true and correct versions of each other.

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To add clause

(e) to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure of 1963 as amended, to prevent the furnishing of bail in the absence of a person who has been accused or charged for an offense and has not been arrested or brought before the jurisdiction of the Court.

STATEMENT OF MOTIVES

In the past, persons accused within and without the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico have furnished bail in their absence, making it impossible to summon them for a preliminary hearing or for trial. To keep this practice from being continued, it is hereby proposed that Rule 6.1 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure of 1963, be amended in order to prevent the courts or magistrates from accepting bail furnished by persons accused or charged for an offense, who have not been arrested and brought before the jurisdiction of the Court. This Act is addressed to these purposes.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF PUERTO RICO:

Section 1.- Clause

(e) is hereby added to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure of 1963, to read as follows: "Rule 6.1- BAIL PENDING JUDGMENT; WHEN REQUIRED The freedom of persons arrested for an offense shall not be unnecessarily restricted before they are convicted

(a) (e) No bail shall be accepted in connection with accused persons who are out of the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico. Neither shall bail be accepted in connection with an accused person who has not been arrested or brought before a magistrate to be informed of the offense or offenses for which he has been charged or accused, according to the procedures established by Rule 22."

Section 2.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval.