P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 740
No person not a lawyer authorized by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico may engage in the practice of law, or advertise as such, or as judicial agent or act, except in regard to his own affairs, in any judicial or quasi-judicial matter before any court of law; Provided, That the violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed and punished as a misdemeanor; Provided, That the fact that any lawyer authorizes with his signature, deeds, pleadings and documents concerning which the said lawyer is not the true bona fide attorney or notary in the matter, or the substitute of the said attorney or notary, shall be deemed malpractice, and shall constitute sufficient cause for disbarment; and Provided, also, That it shall be the duty of prosecuting attorneys to investigate violations of this section and they may, in case they find just cause therefor, apply to the Supreme Court for the temporary or permanent disbarment of any attorney or notary who has violated the foregoing provisions.
History —June 10, 1939, No. 17, p. 50, § 7, eff. 90 days after June 10, 1939.