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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4797 - Kidnapping
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4797 - Kidnapping
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Any person who by means of force, violence, intimidation, fraud or deceit abducts or detains and hides another person depriving him/her of his/her freedom shall incur a second degree felony.
When the victim is abducted from the location he/she is at and is removed from it, the removal of the victim must be for a substantial time or distance and not merely incidental to the commission of another offense.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 169; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 5, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4798 - Aggravated kidnapping
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4798 - Aggravated kidnapping
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Any person who commits the offense of kidnapping when any of the following circumstances exists shall incur a severe second degree felony:
(a) When the offense is committed against a person who has not yet reached the age of eighteen (18), is disabled and cannot take care of him/herself, or who is mentally ill.
(b) When the offense is committed against the Governor of Puerto Rico, a legislator or Cabinet Secretary or head of an agency or public corporation, judge, special independent prosecutor or a prosecuting attorney of the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico, whether appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico or designated as such by the Secretary of Justice.
(c) When the offense is committed for the purpose of demanding monetary compensation or if any unlawful act or an act against the will of the kidnapped person is carried out, or to demand from the Government the release of any inmate that is serving a sentence or the release of a person arrested or charged with respect to the commission of any offense.
(d) When the kidnapping is initiated outside the territorial limits of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the person is either brought or sent to Puerto Rico.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 170; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 6, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4799 - Delay in the interrogation of the arrested person
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4799 - Delay in the interrogation of the arrested person
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Any public officer or person who having arrested someone unreasonably and unnecessarily delays bringing the arrested person before a judge shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 171, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4800 - Noncompliance with writ of habeas corpus
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4800 - Noncompliance with writ of habeas corpus
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Any public officer or person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is addressed who fails or refuses to comply with it after its presentation shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 172, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4801 - Evasion of writ of habeas corpus
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4801 - Evasion of writ of habeas corpus
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Any public officer or employee who has in his/her custody or authority any inmate on whose behalf a writ of habeas corpus is issued and who, with the purpose of eluding its presentation or evading its effects, transfers the inmate into the custody of another person or places him under the power or authority of another person, or hides or changes the location of imprisonment, or transfers the inmate out of the jurisdiction ordered in the writ shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 173, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4802 - New arrest or imprisonment of a released person
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4802 - New arrest or imprisonment of a released person
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Any person who, on his/her own or as a member of a court, unlawfully detains, arrests, imprisons or deprives of freedom a person released from prison for the same cause by virtue of a writ of habeas corpus shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 174, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4803 - Undue extension of the penalty
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4803 - Undue extension of the penalty
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Any officer or employee of an institution, detention center, penal or correctional establishment intended for the serving of sentences or for security measures, who engages in the following shall incur a fourth degree felony if:
(a) He/she receives any person without an order issued by a competent authority or without meeting the legal requirements;
(b) he/she disobeys the release order issued by a judge, or
(c) he/she unduly extends the service of the penalty or security measures.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 175, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4804 - Illegally obtained arrest or search warrant
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4804 - Illegally obtained arrest or search warrant
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Any person who illegally and without a judge finding probable cause pursuant to the law obtains the issuance and execution of an arrest or search warrant shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 176, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805)›§ 4805 - Illegal search
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter I - Restriction of Freedom (§§ 4794 — 4805) › § 4805 - Illegal search
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Any person who executes a search, under the pretext of authority and without a warrant issued by a judge in accordance with the law shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 177, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4806 - Illegal compiling of personal information
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4806 - Illegal compiling of personal information
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Any public employee or officer who without legal authority and for illegal purposes prepares, maintains or preserves a file, blacklist, manual, list, or index, or compiles information and documents containing names and information on persons, groups and organizations solely and exclusively due to religious or labor beliefs or ideals, or for reasons of race, color, sex, or physical or mental health conditions, without said persons, groups or entities being connected to the commission or attempt to commit a crime, or for purposes of discriminating in the obtainment of or permanence in employment shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 178, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4807 - Illegal recording of images
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4807 - Illegal recording of images
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Any person who without legal justification or without a legitimate investigative purpose uses electronic or digital video equipment, with or without audio, to conduct secret surveillance in private places in which persons are under the expectation of privacy shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 179, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4808 - Illegal entry of dwelling
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4808 - Illegal entry of dwelling
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Any person who enters or remains in a house or residential building belonging to another, or in its dependencies or in its premises without the consent or against the express will of the tenant or a representative of said tenant, or who enters it clandestinely by means of deceit, shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 180, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4809 - Recording of communications by a participant
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4809 - Recording of communications by a participant
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Any person who participates in a private personal communication, whether by telephone, computer or any other means of communication, who records such communication by mechanical means or otherwise without the express authorization of all parties involved in such communication, shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 181, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4810 - Breach of personal communications
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4810 - Breach of personal communications
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Any person who, without authorization and for the purpose of finding out or allowing any other person to find out, acquires documents, letters, emails or any other documents or personal effects belonging to another person, or intercepts another person’s telecommunications by any means, or retrieves or allows anyone else to retrieve communications records, consignments, and mail exchanged through entities that provide such services, or uses technical devices or mechanisms to listen into, transmit, record or reproduce any text, sound, image, or any other communication signal or alters the contents thereof, shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony. For purposes of this section, the fact that a person has access to the documents, personal effects or communications referred to as part of his/her official business duties shall not constitute in itself an “authorization” to find out or make use of such information beyond that which strictly constitutes his/her business duties.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 182; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 7; Oct. 7, 2009, No. 115, § 1.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4811 - Alteration and use of personal information in files
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4811 - Alteration and use of personal information in files
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Any person who, without being authorized to do so, takes possession, uses, modifies or alters to the detriment of the owner of said information or of a third party, reserved, private, or family information of a personal nature belonging to another which is recorded on disks or in electronic data files, or other type of file or register, whether public or private, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 183, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4812 - Disclosure of communications and personal information
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4812 - Disclosure of communications and personal information
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Any person who discloses, publishes, reveals or passes on to a third party the information, communications or discovered findings or captured images referred to in §§ 4810 (Breach of Personal Communications) and 4811 (Alteration and Use of Personal Information on File) of this title, or who establishes a business to distribute or provide access to information obtained by other persons in violation of the referred sections or offers or solicits such distribution or access within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 184; Oct. 7, 2009, No. 115, § 2.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4813 - Protection for juridical persons
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4813 - Protection for juridical persons
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The provisions of §§ 4810 (Breach of Personal Communications), 4811 (Alteration and Use of Personal Information in Files) and 4812 (Disclosure of Communications and Personal Information) of this title, shall apply to any person who discloses, reveals or yields private information of juridical persons without the consent of its representatives.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 185, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819)›Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819)›Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815)›§ 4814 - Aggravated crime
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART I - Crimes Against the Person (§§ 4733 — 4819) › Chapter 301 - Crimes Against Civil Rights (§§ 4794 — 4819) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against the Right to Privacy (§§ 4806 — 4815) › § 4814 - Aggravated crime
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If the crimes coded in §§ 4810 (Breach of Personal Communications), 4811 (Alteration and Use of Personal Information in Files) and 4812 (Disclosure of Communications and Personal Information) of this title, are executed for purposes of profit by the persons in charge or responsible for disks, electronic data files or other any other type of file or registers, or by officers or employees in the course of their duties, a punishment in the upper half of the range of penalties shall be imposed.
The provisions in this section shall also apply in the case of private information of juridical persons.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 186, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, without just cause, discloses secrets that have come to his/her knowledge by virtue of their profession or religious ministry, charge or office, to the prejudice of another shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 187, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who threatens another with causing a specific damage to the bodily integrity, rights, honor or patrimony of that person or his/her family shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 188, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, by means of the telephone, electronic mail, or any other means proffers or writes a language that is threatening, abusive, obscene or lewd to another person; or who with the purpose of bothering a person repeatedly makes telephone calls or causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly, or any person who knowingly authorizes any telephone under his control to be used for any purpose prohibited under this section shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 189, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who interrupts or hinders a lawful and peaceful assembly shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 190, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who without any legal grounds performs any of the following acts because of political ideas, religious beliefs, race, color of skin, sex, social condition, or national or ethnic origin, shall incur a misdemeanor:
(a) Denies access, service or equal treatment to any person in public places or establishments, private clubs where public activities are held, and in transportation media.
(b) Refuses to sell, transfer or lease personal or real property.
(c) Denies the granting of a loan for the construction of housing.
(d) Publishes, circulates or distributes any order, notice or advertisement that hinders, prohibits or discourages the sponsorship of or the presence at public places and establishments and the means of transportation, or the sale, transfer or lease of personal or real property.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 191, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who without violence or intimidation illegally takes personal property belonging to another shall commit the crime of larceny and shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court shall also impose the restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 192, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who commits the crime of larceny described in § 4820 of this title, if taking public property or funds, or goods whose value exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more shall commit a third degree felony.
If the value of the illegally taken good is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), but more than five hundred dollars ($500), it shall entail a fourth degree felony.
It shall constitute an aggravating circumstance to be considered at the time of imposing a penalty for this offense and the offense under § 4820 of this title if the stolen goods are cattle, horses, pigs, rabbits, or sheep, including the offspring thereof, fruits or crops, poultry, fish, shrimp, bees, agricultural machinery and equipment located in a farm or in a production or breeding facility, any other machinery or farm equipment located in a private property, business, or agricultural facility, or any items, tools, and/or machine parts used for such purposes.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 193; Mar. 31, 2011, No. 44, § 1.
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If the taken good is a credit voucher or a document, the amount of money represented or guaranteed by the same, or the value of the good whose ownership justifies the document, shall constitute the value of the appropriated good.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 194, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intention of illegally taking merchandise from a commercial establishment, for him/herself or another, without paying the price fixed by the seller commits any of the following acts and incurs a misdemeanor:
(a) Hides merchandise on his/her person, purse or handbag, bag, or any other similar object, or on the person of a minor, elderly or person with disabilities who is under his control;
(b) alters or changes the price on the price tag of the merchandise be it on a label, bar code or any other marking showing the sales price;
(c) changes the merchandise from one container into another showing a different price;
(d) removes the merchandise from the commercial establishment, or
(e) causes the cash register or any other instrument that registers sales to show a price lower than the marked sales price.
The court may also impose restitution.
Notwithstanding the provisions herein established, when the sales price of the item exceeds the amounts provided in § 4821 of this title, the person may be prosecuted for the crime of aggravated larceny.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 195, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who alters, interferes, or obstructs the water, gas, or electricity meter, or that of any other fluid, or makes any unauthorized installation, for the purpose of defrauding another shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 196; Dec. 11, 2011, No. 237, § 1.
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Any person who uses, alters, modifies, interferes, intervenes or obstructs communications or information system equipment, devices or systems for purposes of defrauding another shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 197, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, in order to record a movie which is at that time being shown, operates an audiovisual recording device in the motion picture theater without the corresponding legal authorization shall incur a third degree felony.”
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as § 197-A on July 19, 2006, No. 121, § 2.
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Any person who knowingly, maliciously or fraudulently promotes, offers for sale, sells, rents, transports or induces the sale, resells or has in his/her possession with the intent to distribute, an audiovisual work to obtain personal or commercial benefits in its cover, label or packaging that fails clearly and prominently to display the legal name and address of the manufacturer, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as § 197-B on July 19, 2006, No. 121, § 3.
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Any person who unlawfully takes personal property belonging to another in the immediate presence of said person and against his/her will by means of force or intimidation shall incur a third degree felony.
Any person who unlawfully takes personal property and immediately after having committed the act uses force or intimidation against another to retain the taken item shall also incur a third degree felony.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 198; Oct. 7, 2009, No. 117, § 1.
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When in order to commit the robbery, the person uses a minor who has not yet reached the age of eighteen (18), or when the item object of the robbery is a motor vehicle, he/she shall incur a second degree felony.
When in the course of the robbery physical damage is inflicted upon the victim, or if the robbery takes place in an occupied residential building where the victim is, the offender shall incur a severe second degree felony.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 199; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 8, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, by means of violence or intimidation, or under the pretext of rights as a public officer or employee, compels another person to deliver property or to perform, tolerate or omit acts which occur or are executed after an act of violence, intimidation or under pretext of authority shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 200, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who purchases, receives, withholds, transports or disposes of any property knowing that it was unlawfully taken, stolen, obtained by means of extortion or by any unlawful means shall incur a misdemeanor.
If the value of the stolen property exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), the person shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 201, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any vehicle or other means of transportation that has been used to transfer property that has been unlawfully taken, stolen, obtained by means of extortion or by any unlawful means shall be seized by the Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of the Treasury or by the Police Superintendent through their delegates, police officers or law enforcement personnel on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
For the seizing and disposal of vehicles, animals, watercraft or areas of any transportation means the procedure to be followed shall be that established in the Uniform Seizures Act, §§ 1723 et seq. of Title 34.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 202, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who enters a dwelling, building or other construction or structure or its dependencies or annexes with the purpose of committing any crime involving an unlawful taking or a felony shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 203, eff. May 1, 2005.
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If the burglary crime described in § 4831 of this title, is committed in an inhabited building, the offender shall incur a third degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 204, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who commits any of the following acts shall incur a misdemeanor:
(a) Illegal occupation of land or property of another for purposes of performing acts of dominion or of taking possession over them;
(b) enters into the property of another without the express authorization of the owner, possessor or person in charge and performance of acts of dominion, regardless of their type;
(c) illegally diverts, dams or stops public or private waters;
(d) illegally diverts another of his personal property or real property right to use, usufruct or habitation constituted over a real property, or
(e) illegally removes or alters the boundaries of a real property or any sort of sign established to set the boundaries of property or the markings on adjacent lands.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 205, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter V - Burglary and Other Types of Illegal Entry (§§ 4831 — 4834) › § 4834 - Entering into the estate of others
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Any person who enters into the fenced premises or estate of another by forcing the fence or stockade without authorization from the owner or person in charge of said property, or with the intention of committing a crime shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The entry by any person into the fenced premises or estate of another shall constitute a special classification subject to the penalty of a fourth-degree felony, when the crime of unlawful taking is, in turn, constituted, and the stolen good is an agricultural product. In those cases in which the monetary value of the stolen agricultural products exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) the penalty imposed shall be that of a third-degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 206, eff. May 1, 2005; Mar. 31, 2011, No. 45, § 1.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VI - Damages Against the Property of Others (§§ 4835 — 4837) › § 4835 - Damages
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Any person who destroys, disables, alters, disappears or damages, totally or partially, the personal or real property of another shall commit a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 207; Dec. 31, 2010, No. 225, § 1.
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Any person who commits the crime of damages set forth in § 4835 of this title shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony if any of the following circumstances concur:
(a) When harmful substances, whether poisonous, corrosive, inflammable or radioactive are used, if the act does not constitute a more serious felony;
(b) when the damage caused is assessed in one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more;
(c) when involving historic, artistic or cultural interest property, or
(d) When the damages are caused to real or personal property owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by private non-profit entities or devoted to education.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 208, eff. May 1, 2005; Jan. 8, 2012, No. 23, § 1.
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Any person who, with the intent to temporarily or permanently obstruct public or private construction work or ground movement that has been granted the permits, authorizations, or endorsements of the pertinent agencies, performs the following acts, shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony:
(a) Obstructing the entry or access of employees, vehicles, and persons, including suppliers of materials, as authorized by the owner, contractor, or person in charge of the property where the works are being conducted.
(b) Seize the land, machinery, or spaces that are a part of the construction works or ground movement.
The court shall also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as § 208-A on Oct. 29, 2010, No. 158, § 1.
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Any person who pastes, affixes, prints or paints any notice, announcement, sign, poster, engraving, banner, picture, motto, writing, drawing, figure or any other similar medium on public property, with the exception of posts and columns, or on any private property without the consent of the owner, custodian or person in charge, regardless of the matter, article, person, activity, theme, concept or subject to which reference is made in the same, shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 209, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4838 - Fraud
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Any person who fraudulently performs any of the following shall incur a felony in the fourth degree:
(a) To induce another person to perform acts or omissions that affect the estate rights or interests on real or personal property of said person, the State or a third party to their prejudice, or
(b) to perform acts or omissions that deprive another person or that affect the estate rights or interests on real or personal property of said person to the prejudice of same, the State or a third party to their prejudice.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 210; Oct. 4, 2006, No. 224, § 1.
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Any person who with the intention of defrauding and by means of any computer manipulation makes an unauthorized transfer of any property or proprietary rights to the prejudice of a third party or the State, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 211, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4840 - Construction works fraud
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Any entrepreneur, engineer, contractor or architect of works, juridical person and any other person who is contracted or who agrees to execute works and who, after receiving money in partial or total payment for the execution of the contracted work, with the intention of defrauding, fails to comply with the obligation to execute or complete the work as agreed shall incur a misdemeanor.
If the value of the work agreed upon and not executed or not completed was five hundred dollars ($500) or more, the offender shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution and the suspension or revocation of license, permit or authorization.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 212, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4841 - Fraud in competitions
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Any person who promotes, expedites or guarantees the irregular result of a sports competition or of any other sort for the purpose of obtaining undue benefits for him/herself or for a third party shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 213, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VII - Defrauding (§§ 4838 — 4842) › § 4842 - Undue influence on radio and television
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The following shall incur a fourth degree felony, and the court may also impose the sentence of restitution upon:
(a) Any radio or television station employee or any other person who offers, solicits, gives or receives, directly or by means of an intermediary, for him/herself or for another person or a third party, any money or any form of payment, service or benefit, or accepts a proposition to such effects, in exchange for the broadcasting by radio or television of the music of a certain author or singer, or any other material or program, without informing said fact to the station prior to the broadcasting of the music, material or program in question.
(b) Any person who, as part of the production of a radio or television program solicits, gives or receives, directly or by means of an intermediary, for himself or for another person or a third party, any money or any form of payment, service or benefit, or accepts a proposition to such effects, in exchange for the broadcasting by radio or television of said program or part thereof without informing said fact to the station, the employer of the person who shall receive the payment or the person for whom such program is produced prior to the broadcasting of said program.
(c) Any person who supplies to another a radio or television program or part thereof without notification to said person that money or any other form of payment, service or benefit has been offered, solicited, given or received, directly or by means of an intermediary, or that a proposition to such effects has been accepted in exchange for said program or part thereof to be broadcast by radio or television.
(d) If during the referred broadcast the sponsor of the broadcasted program is adequately identified, the duty to inform set forth in the preceding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall be complied with.
(e) Compliance with the duty to inform set forth in the preceding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not be necessary when the station has obtained a disclaimer for such purposes from the Federal Communications Commission.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 214, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VIII - Identity Theft (§§ 4843 — 4845) › § 4843 - [Impersonation]
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Any person who, with the intention to deceive, [impersonate or falsely represent] another and, while in character, conducts any unauthorized action in the name of the falsely represented person, shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 215, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who takes for him/herself a means of identification belonging to another person with the intent to commit any unlawful act shall incur a third degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
For purposes of this crime, a means of identification shall include the following: name; address; telephone number; driver’s license number; social security number; employer identification number; credit or debit card number; health insurance card number; passport or immigration card number; mobile telephone electronic serial number; any bank account number; the personal identification number (PIN) of any bank account, telephone, electronic mail (email), or computer system; place of employment; name of parents; date and place of birth; name and address of place of employment; or any other information that may be used by itself or jointly with others to identify a person, in addition to biometric information such as fingerprints, voice recordings, retinal scans, iris imaging, or any particular physical representation.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 216; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 237, § 2.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 302 - Crimes Against Property and Proprietary Rights (§§ 4820 — 4845) › Subchapter VIII - Identity Theft (§§ 4843 — 4845) › § 4845 - Provisions applicable
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As part of the restitution that the court may impose for the crimes described in this subchapter, it may also demand the reimbursement of the expenses of the victim for the restoration of his credit, including the payment of any debt or obligation arising from the acts of the offender. The court may also issue orders for the correction of any public or private document containing false information to the prejudice of the victim, as a consequence of the behavior of the offender.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 217, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter I - Forgery (§§ 4846 — 4855) › § 4846 - Forgery of documents
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes a false document, instrument or writing, in whole or in part, by means of which any right, obligation or interest is created, transferred, terminated or otherwise affected, or who falsely alters, limits, suppresses or destroys, in whole or in part, a true right shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 218, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes false statements in a public or private document concerning a fact which the document attests to, and in the case of a private document, which has juridical effects to the prejudice of another person, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 219, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes, imitates, suppresses or alters any entry in a book of registers, files or data bank, whether on hard copy or electronically, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 220, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, forges or imitates the seal of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a public official authorized by law, a court, a corporation, or any other public seal authorized or recognized under the laws of Puerto Rico or the United States, or of any state, government or country, or who forges or imitates any impression attempting to substitute the same for the impression of any of these seals shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 221, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, makes, alters, forges, imitates, circulates, passes, publishes or possesses as if genuine any license, certificate, diploma, reports, records or any other document of a similar nature which should be issued by an officer or employee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by any private institution authorized to issue it, knowing that it is false, altered, forged or imitated shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 222, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, offers or presents a false or altered document or information to be filed, registered or entered at a dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which, if it had been genuine or true, may have been filed or entered into any official registry or data bank, whether on hard copy or electronically, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 223, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, possesses, uses, circulates, sells, or passes for genuine or true any forged document, instrument or writing knowing that it is forged, altered, falsified or imitated shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 224, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who makes, invents, creates, or knowingly has in his/her possession any die, plate, or any device, tool, equipment, software program, item, material, goods, property, paper, metal, machine, scanning device or re-encoder, or any supply that is specifically designed or adapted to serve as a scanning device or re-encoder, or any other thing which may be used in the forging of a credit card, seal, document, instrument, or writing shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 225; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 237, § 3.
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Any person who alters information that identifies the author, title, edition number, or publisher, or who distorts, mutilates or alters the text of a book or of a literary, scientific or musical work or record, a tape recording or electronic sound recording (audio), or of a theatrical work without due authorization from the author or holder of the rights shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 226, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person authorized by law to practice a profession or trade who lends his name or otherwise assists or furthers another unauthorized person to practice said profession or trade or to perform actions pertaining to said profession or trade shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 227, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who performs any of the following acts shall incur a third degree felony:
(a) To convert or transfer goods knowing that such goods originate from an unlawful activity or participation in such sort of activity for purposes of concealing or covering up the unlawful origins of the property, or
(b) to conceal or cover up the true nature, origin, location, disposal or transfer of property, goods or the corresponding rights thereof knowing that they originate from an unlawful activity or participation in such sort of activity.
The court shall provide for the seizing of the property, rights or goods obtained by means of this crime, whose amounts shall be covered into the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 228, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART II - Crimes Against Property (§§ 4820 — 4863a) › Chapter 303 - Crimes Against the Security of Transactions (§§ 4846 — 4863a) › Subchapter II - Crimes Against Security in Commercial Transactions (§§ 4856 — 4863a) › § 4857 - Insufficiency of funds
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud writes, issues, endorses or releases a check, money order, draft or note for the payment of money chargeable to any bank or other depository knowing that the issuer or drafter thereof lacks sufficient funds in said bank or depositary for the full payment of the check, money order, draft or note at the time of presenting same, nor has the express authorization to overdraw, shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 229, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud, orders any bank or depository to cancel an account designated for the making of payments with money charged against such account knowing that prior to said cancellation he/she had written, issued, endorsed or delivered any checks, money orders, drafts or notes to be charged against said cancelled account; or who draws against a closed or non-existent account; or stops the payment of the instrument after its issue without justified cause shall incur a misdemeanor.
If the amount represented by the instrument is more than five hundred dollars ($500), the offender shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 230, eff. May 1, 2005.
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It constitutes prima facie evidence of knowledge of the insufficiency of funds in the closed or non-existent account, the cancellation of the account, or the lack of express authorization to overdraw if the drawer or endorser writes, issues or releases a check, money order, draft or note the payment of which is refused by the drawee through any of the following: insufficiency of funds, drawing against a closed or non-existent account, the cancellation of the account designated for the payment or for not having express authorization to overdraw.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 231, eff. May 1, 2005.
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No person shall commit the crimes established in the §§ 4857 and 4858 of this title unless it is shown that the holder of the check, money order, draft or note, or the agent thereof has notified either in person or by certified letter with return receipt requested from the drawer or endorser at his last known address demanding the payment to the holder or the agent thereof at the address stated in the notice of the amount of the check, money order, draft or note within a term of not less than ten (10) days if the drawer or endorser to whom the notice is addressed is domiciled in the area of the holder and not less than fifteen (15) days if domiciled in another municipality or out of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Said term is calculated from the date of the notice to the drawer or endorser of the unpaid check, money order, draft or note.
If the address provided by the drawer or endorser is false, or if he refused to provide a physical address together with the mailing address at the time of issuing the check, money order, draft or note, it shall be understood that the notice from the bank or depository stating that the check, money order, draft or note had insufficient funds constitutes sufficient notice pursuant to the first paragraph of this section.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 232, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Nonpayment, after demand for payment, by the person who has drawn, signed, issued, endorsed or released said check, money order, draft or note shall be considered as prima facie evidence of the purpose to defraud.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 233, eff. May 1, 2005.
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After the term granted in the demand for payment has elapsed, the injured party shall file a claim at the district attorney’s office in the district in which the check with insufficient funds or drawn against a closed or non-existent account was released, and the prosecutor shall issue a summons to the drawer or endorser of the check, money order, draft or note for him to appear at a probable cause hearing within a term that shall not exceed ten (10) days from the filing of the claim.
The payment of the check, money order, draft or note, prior to the probable cause hearing, shall release the person who issued or endorsed said check, money order or note from criminal liability. The person shall pay the costs of the proceedings, which shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25).
The payment made after a finding of probable cause in the hearing shall not release the accused from criminal liability in the trial. Such a circumstance shall be understood as a mitigating circumstance when establishing the punishment for the crime.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 234, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, with the intent to defraud another or to obtain goods and services to which he/she is not legally entitled, uses a credit or debit card knowing that it is stolen or forged, or which has been revoked or canceled, or the use of which is unauthorized for any reason, shall incur a third degree felony.
Any person who intentionally possesses a card knowing that the magnetic stripe of such card was forged shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 235; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 237, § 4.
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(a) Any person who, with the intent to defraud, uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information contained or encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a credit or debit card without the permission of the authorized user of such payment card shall incur a third degree felony.
(b) Any person who, with intent to defraud, uses a re-encoder to place encoded information on the magnetic strip or stripe of a credit or debit card, on the magnetic strip or stripe of any other card or any electronic medium that allows an authorized transaction to occur, without the permission of the authorized user of the credit or debit card from which the information is being re-encoded shall incur a third degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as art. 235–A on Dec. 30, 2010, No. 237, § 5.
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Any person who endangers the life, health or physical integrity of others by setting a building on fire shall incur a third degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 236, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who commits the crime of arson as described in § 4864 of this title, shall incur a second degree felony when any of the following circumstances concur:
(a) Harm is caused to the life, health or bodily integrity of any person;
(b) the offender has removed, damaged or disabled the devices for extinguishing the fire;
(c) the act takes place in an occupied building, or
(d) the structure stores inflammable, toxic, radioactive or chemical material.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 237, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who sets fire to mountains, sown fields, pastures, forests or plantations which are the property of others shall incur a fourth degree felony.
If it endangers the life, health or physical integrity of persons, the offender shall incur a third degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 238, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who, recklessly, causes a fire in buildings, mountains, sown fields, pastures, forests or plantations which endangers the life, health or physical integrity of others shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 239, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who endangers the life, health, bodily integrity or safety of one or several persons, or who causes environmental damages by provoking an explosion, flood or [landslide] by means of causing the demolition of real property, or by using toxic or choking gas, nuclear energy, ionizing elements or radioactive material, microorganisms or any other toxic or hazardous substance shall incur a second degree felony.
If the acts enumerated under this offense are performed due to negligence, the offender shall incur a third degree felony.
For purposes of this section, the term “toxic or hazardous” shall include substances which are prejudicial to the health or which have destructive capabilities.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 240; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 9, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who endangers the life or health of one or several persons by poisoning, polluting or dumping toxic or hazardous substances into wells, reservoirs, bodies of water, pipelines or runoff streams for human use and consumption shall incur a second degree felony.
If the acts enumerated under this offense are performed due to negligence, the offender shall incur a third degree felony.
For purposes of this section, the term “toxic or hazardous” shall include substances which are prejudicial to the health or which have destructive capabilities.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 241; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 10, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who discharges or provokes, directly or indirectly, emissions, radiation or dumping of any sort on the ground, into the atmosphere or into ground, underground or maritime water bodies breaching laws, regulations or the special conditions of applicable permits and which seriously endangers the health of persons, the biological balance of ecological systems or the environment shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 242; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 11, eff. May 1, 2005.
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If the environmental pollution offense typified in § 4870 of this title is committed by a person who does not have the corresponding permit, endorsement, certification, franchise or concession, or is committed clandestinely or by infringing expressly stated provisions issued by the competent authorities for correcting or suspending any act in violation of the law, or if he/she submits false information or omits information required for obtaining the corresponding permit, endorsement, certification, franchise or concession, or hinders or obstructs an inspection performed by the competent authorities, said person shall incur a third degree felony.
The court may also suspend the license, permit or authorization and impose the penalty of restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 243; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 338, § 12, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who knowingly gives a false alarm or warning of a fire, bomb or any other explosive device, or emanation of gasses or substances that are hazardous to health in a building or any other location in which people are gathered shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 244, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who knowingly calls or allows calls to be made from any telephone under his/her control to any emergency call response system, such as 9-1-1, to falsely warn or notify a fire alarm, medical emergency, commission of a crime, natural disaster or any other situation requiring the mobilization, dispatch or presence of the Firefighters Corps, Commonwealth Emergency Management and Disaster Administration, or law enforcement corps, including the Puerto Rico Police, or who makes or allows that obscene or prank calls are made to such emergency call response systems shall incur a misdemeanor.
The court may also impose restitution to compensate for any unnecessary use of resources or unnecessary disbursement of funds by the Commonwealth to respond to any obscene, prank or false alarm calls to such emergency response systems.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 245, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who intentionally destroys, damages, vandalizes, alters, or interrupts the operation of water, gas, power, telephone, telecommunications, or computer network or system facilities or equipment, or any other property intended for providing public or private essential services, including transportation and communications, shall incur a third degree felony.
However, it shall be a second degree felony when it results in preventing a person from seeking or receiving help to save his/her life, health, or physical integrity.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 246; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 250, § 1.
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Any person who, without lawful authority, interferes with the rendering of services or hinders the access to a learning or health institution, or interferes with the rendering of services or hinders the access to buildings where government services are rendered to the public, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
For purposes of this section, a learning institution means any public or private elementary, middle or high school, university, college, vocational or technical school that has academic curricula or skill development programs for children, youths or adults in Puerto Rico.
In the case of health facilities, it means facilities certified and authorized by the Government to operate as such, as established and defined in the Health Facilities Act, §§ 331 et seq. of Title 24, to wit: hospitals, health centers, public health units, diagnosis or treatment centers, public health services, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centers, medical facilities for persons with disabilities, mental health centers, psycho-social rehabilitation centers, hospitals for chronic illnesses, general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, tuberculosis hospitals, and nonprofit health facilities.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, added as § 246–A on Feb. 4, 2011, No. 3, § 1.
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Any person who commits any of the following acts shall incur a misdemeanor:
(a) To disturb the peace or tranquility of one or several persons by means of offensive conduct that affects the right to privacy in the home, or in any other location in which reasonable privacy is to be expected;
(b) to disturb the peace or tranquility of one or several persons by means of offensive or insulting words or statements are articulated in a location in which reasonable privacy is to be expected by those within audible range, or
(c) to disturb the peace or tranquility of one or several persons by means of criticism, insults, challenges, provocations or words that are insulting and offensive which may provoke a violent or angry reaction from those who hear them.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 247, eff. May 1, 2005.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART III - Crimes Against Collective Safety (§§ 4864 — 4880) › Chapter 306 - Crimes Against Public Order (§§ 4875 — 4880) › § 4876 - Rioting
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The use of force or violence which disturbs the public peace, or the threat to use such force or violence by two (2) or more persons acting together and without the legal authority to do so, and the potential for doing so immediately shall constitute rioting, and any person who participates in a riot shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 248, eff. May 1, 2005.
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When two (2) or more persons conspire or agree to commit a crime and have made specific plans regarding their participation, the time, the location, or the acts to be carried out, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. When any of the persons involved is a law enforcement officer who is taking advantage of his/her office to commit the crime instituted herein, he/she shall be punished for a fourth-degree felony.
If the agreement is to commit a first- or second-degree felony, they shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony, or if any of the persons involved is a law enforcement officer who is taking advantage of his/her office to commit the crime instituted herein, he/she shall be punished for a third-degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 249; Aug. 6, 2010, No. 121, § 2.
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No agreement, except to commit a first degree or second degree felony, shall constitute conspiracy, except that ulterior or optional act is carried out to execute the agreement by one or more of the conspirators.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 250, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Any person who uses violence or intimidation against a public official or employee to compel him/her to commit or omit an act proper to his/her office or to commit an act contrary to his/her official duties, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 251; July 19, 2006, No. 126, § 1.
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Any person who resists, obstructs, delays or interferes with any public officer or employee in the discharge or attempt to discharge any of his/her duties shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 252, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4881 - Unlawful enrichment
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4881 - Unlawful enrichment
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Any public officer, employee, former officer or former employee who uses for his/her own benefit or for the benefit of a third party any information or data that could have been known solely by reason of his/her office, employment or assignment shall incur a fourth degree felony.
If the person obtains the pursued benefit, he/she shall incur a third degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 253, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4882 - Unjust enrichment
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4882 - Unjust enrichment
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Any public officer, employee, former officer or former employee who enriches his/her own estate or that of a third party when such enrichment has occurred after having taking office, employment or assignment and up to five (5) years after concluding his/her term, and is unable to justify said enrichment when duly required to do so shall incur a third degree felony.
It shall be understood that there has been enrichment not only regarding the increase of the estate with money or property, but also when any obligations which bound him/her have been extinguished.
The third party benefitted shall also incur this felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 254, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4883 - Unlawful benefit from public office
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4883 - Unlawful benefit from public office
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Any public officer or employee who unlawfully uses for his/her benefit or the benefit of a third party any property, works or services paid for with public funds shall incur a fourth degree aggravated felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 255, eff. May 1, 2005.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-three/subtitle-5/part-iv/chapter-307/subchapter-i/4884/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4884 - Negotiations incompatible with the discharge of public office
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4884 - Negotiations incompatible with the discharge of public office
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Any public officer or employee who, by reason of his/her office, directly or through third party, promotes, authorizes or executes a contract, bid or any other operation in which he/she has an interest without having a dispensation or authorization allowed by the law shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The third party thus benefitted shall also incur this felony.
A third degree felony sentence shall be imposed if the person obtains the benefit pursued.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 256, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4885 - Undue intervention in government operations
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4885 - Undue intervention in government operations
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Any person who unduly intervenes or without legal authority in the execution of a contract, in a bid process or otherwise in the negotiation of any other procedure of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for purposes of obtaining benefits or to benefit a third party shall incur a fourth degree felony.
A third degree felony sentence shall be imposed if the person obtains the benefit pursued.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 257, eff. May 1, 2005.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-three/subtitle-5/part-iv/chapter-307/subchapter-i/4886/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4886 - Usurpation of public office
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4886 - Usurpation of public office
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Any person who commits any of the following shall incur a misdemeanor:
(a) To usurp any office, employment or assignment for which the person has not been elected, named nor designated, or to carry out the same without being duly qualified.
(b) To willfully perform any of the duties of the office, employment or assignment to which he/she was designated after having finished the term of service or after receiving an official notification ordering the termination or suspension of his/her duties.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 258, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4887 - Retaining property
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4887 - Retaining property
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Any public officer, employee, former officer or former employee who, after completion of the term of office, employment, or assignment, or when the office has been eliminated or the duties entrusted have concluded due to resignation or severance, retains under his/her power or refuses to surrender any property, files, records, documents, access codes, disks, electronic files or any other official information or material belonging to his/her office, whether hard copy or on electronic media, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
When the property or material in his/her custody is mutilated, damaged, destroyed or retrieved, the offender shall incur a third degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 259, eff. May 1, 2005.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-three/subtitle-5/part-iv/chapter-307/subchapter-i/4888/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4888 - Alteration or mutilation of property
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4888 - Alteration or mutilation of property
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Any public officer or employee who is in charge of or has control over any property, file, record, document, electronic register or any other type of register or data bank, whether hard copy or electronic, and who alters, destroys, mutilates, removes or conceals the same in whole or in part, shall incur a fourth degree felony.
In the event of loss of public property or funds, the court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 260, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4889 - False certifications
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4889 - False certifications
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Any public officer or employee authorized by law to issue certifications and any other documents, who issues as true a certification or document containing statements which he/she knows to be false shall incur a fourth degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 261, eff. May 1, 2005.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4890 - Bribery
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4890 - Bribery
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Any public officer or employee, juror, witness, arbitrator or any person authorized by law to hear or decide any issue or controversy who solicits or receives, directly or through an intermediary, for him/herself or for a third party, any money or benefit, or accepts a proposal to such effects to perform, omit or delay an act that pertains to his/her regular office or duties, or to perform an act that is contrary to his/her regular duties, or with the understanding that such remuneration or benefit shall influence any action, decision, vote or ruling by said person in his/her official capacity shall incur a third degree felony.
When the perpetrator is a public officer, arbitrator or person authorized by law to hear or decide any issue or controversy, he/she shall incur a second degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 262, eff. May 1, 2005.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-three/subtitle-5/part-iv/chapter-307/subchapter-i/4891/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939)›Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939)›PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932)›Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900)›Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894)›§ 4891 - Offer of bribery
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-THREE - Penal Code (§§ 1 — 4939) › Subtitle 5 - Penal Code of 2004—Special Provisions (§§ 4733 — 4939) › PART IV - Crimes Against Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4932) › Chapter 307 - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Service (§§ 4881 — 4900) › Subchapter I - Crimes Against the Discharge of Public Office (§§ 4881 — 4894) › § 4891 - Offer of bribery
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Any person who, directly or through an intermediary, gives or promises to give money or any benefit to a public officer or employee, witness, juror, arbitrator, or any other person authorized by law to hear or decide any issue or controversy, or to a witness for the purpose provided in § 4890 of this title, shall incur a third degree felony.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 263, eff. May 1, 2005.
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