P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 1172
Any person, official, or public or private institution under the obligation to furnish information and who voluntarily and knowingly fails to meet that obligation, or who fails to perform any other act required by this chapter, or deliberately prevents another person acting reasonably from doing so, or knowingly furnishes false information or advises another person to do so, shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony and, upon conviction, be punished by the penalty set forth in the Penal Code for this offense. Any information furnished which is found to be false and whose natural or probable consequence is deemed to have interfered in the legitimate exercise of custody, parent-child relations, and parental rights shall be referred by the competent authority to the Department of Justice for evaluation and subsequent prosecution, if applicable.
History —Dec. 16, 2011, No. 246, § 56, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2011.