P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 4655
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Any person who, in order to protect his/her own or another’s right from an imminent danger, not provoked by him/her and otherwise inevitable, infringes a duty or causes damage to another’s legally protected interest, shall not be liable, provided that the damage caused is lesser than the damage sought to be prevented and does not cause the death or the serious and permanent injury to the physical integrity of a person.
This cause for justification shall not benefit a person who, by reason of his/her office, occupation or activity, is bound to confront the risk and the consequences thereof.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 27, eff. May 1, 2005.