Any person impaired by an order or decision of the Secretary may request the reconsideration of said order or decision before the Secretary, within fifteen (15) days from and after the date of the sending by mail or by personal delivery of the notice of the decision or order. The Secretary shall establish, through regulations, the procedure to be followed for the holding of the reconsideration hearings, granting to the interested party the right to be represented by an attorney, to present and to cross-examine witnesses, and to produce evidence. Said reconsideration hearing may be presided by the Secretary or by the officer or officers in whom he may delegate.\nAny person affected by the decision of the Secretary in the reconsideration hearing, or to whom it has been denied, may request the review of said decision before the Court of First Instance, which may, at its discretion, grant or deny same. The review petition shall be filed in the court within the fifteen (15) days reckoning from the date of the sending by mail or by personal delivery of the notice of the decision. Once the corresponding appeal for review has been filed, the court shall order the Secretary to submit a ng from the date of the sending by mail or by personal delivery of the notice of the decision. Once the corresponding appeal for review has been filed, the court shall order the Secretary to submit a certified copy of the records of the proceedings in the reconsideration hearing.\nWhile the appeal for review established by this section is being transacted, the effect of the order or decision shall not be stayed, except in those cases where it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the execution of the order or decision shall cause irreparable damages to the affected party.\nHistory —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 8, eff. July 1, 1969.
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