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The Board shall have the following duties, powers and faculties:\n(a) To offer examinations at least twice a year to authorize the exercise of the automotive mechanic technician’s occupation, and to issue the corresponding license to those persons who qualify thereof pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2131—2144 of this title.\n(b) To adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter. Said rules and regulations shall have force of law once they have been promulgated in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 112 of June 30, 1957, known as the 'Rules and Regulations Act of 1958'. The Board shall, further, adopt rules and regulations for its internal operation.\n(c) To adopt an official seal for the authentication of all its matters of which the court shall take judicial cognizance.\n(d) To keep a book of the minutes of all the proceedings and a register of all the persons to whom it has granted a license with the number and the date of issuance and expiration thereof. In this register there shall also be set forth all the data relative to the suspension or revocation of the licenses.\n(e) To investigate on its own initiative or upon a claim

and expiration thereof. In this register there shall also be set forth all the data relative to the suspension or revocation of the licenses.\n(e) To investigate on its own initiative or upon a claim presented by an automotive technician or by a private person any violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations adopted by the Board. To such effects the Board may issue summons requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of the data and reports it may deem advisable. If the summons issued by the Board are not duly executed, the Board may appeal to, before any part of, the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico and demand the execution of the summons. The Court of First Instance may issue a writ to compel attendance of witnesses and the production of any document which the Board may have previously required. Any disobedience to such orders shall be punished as contempt of court.\nHistory —May 25, 1972, No. 40, p. 83, § 4; Sept. 13, 1996, No. 220, § 3.