P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 679
(a) The information contained in any registration statement, petition, report, or other document filed in the Secretary’s Office pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation thereunder (as distinguished from any other information or document transmitted to the Secretary) shall be made available to the public, unless and except insofar as the Secretary, by rules and regulations upon his own motion, or by order upon application, finds that public disclosure is neither necessary nor convenient to the public interest or for the protection of investors. It shall be unlawful for any member, officer, or employee of the Office of the Secretary to use for personal benefit, or to disclose to any person other than an officer or employee of the United States or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for official use, or for any such officer or employee to use for personal benefit, any information contained in any document so filed or transmitted, if such information is not available to the public.
(b) Photostatic copies or other copies of information contained in documents filed in the Secretary’s Office under this chapter and made available to the public shall be furnished any person at such reasonable charge and under such reasonable limitations as the Secretary shall prescribe.
History —Oct. 19, 1954, No. 6, p. 220, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 1955.