P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 241i
Any natural or [juridical] person who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter or with the whole or any part of any regulation established hereunder by the Secretary, or who shall engage in the introduction and/or marketing of meat without the corresponding license, when required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, and in case of recidivism, by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500); Provided, That any lot of meat, container and/or material for the packing or labeling of same, not in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Secretary, and which may have been the object of a detention order, may be seized, in case the owner or dealer thereof shall neglect to act as set forth in § 241h of this title, in which case, such meat, containers and/or materials for the packing or labeling thereof as are fit for use in Commonwealth institutions shall be sent thereto, whenever possible and convenient, and those not sent to said institutions shall be sold at public auction, or shall be destroyed, or used for purposes other than for human use or consumption.
The Secretary is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines up to an amount of twenty-five dollars ($25) for the first offense and up to fifty dollars ($50) for any subsequent offense when it is found that the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations promulgated hereunder have not been complied with; Provided, That in cases of violations to § 241h of this title the administrative fine that the Secretary may impose shall be up to fifty dollars ($50) for the first offense and up to one hundred dollars ($100) for subsequent offenses.
History —June 30, 1965, No. 120, p. 333, § 10, eff. 90 days after June 30, 1965.