P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 1251
All devices, vehicles or other means of transportation, coins or other tools and implements employed and utilized in connection with the prohibited games of “ Bolita ”, “ Bolipool ”, clandestine combinations related to the “pools” or “ bancas ” of the racetracks of Puerto Rico, and clandestine lotteries which may have been employed in connection with said games, shall be seized by the Secretary of Justice and forfeited to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and shall, with the exception of vehicles, mounts, vessels or planes, be sold by order of the proper court, through the marshal thereof, at public auction to the highest bidder. The proceeds of such sale, together with any moneys seized, shall be paid over to the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico to be used by second- and third-class municipalities, distributed in proportion to the respective populations. Confiscated motor vehicles shall be placed under the custody of the Office of Transportation. Devices, implements, and tools which, in the judgment of the proper court, have no other use except in connection with the violation of §§ 1247—1257 of this title, shall be destroyed.
For the seizure and disposal of vehicles, mounts, vessels and planes, there shall be followed the same procedure established by Act June 4, 1960, No. 39, §§ 1 and 2.
History —May 15, 1948, No. 220, p. 738, § 5; May 2, 1951, No. 190, p. 484; June 4, 1960, No. 39, p. 66, § 4.