P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 4667

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§ 4667. Mental incompetency

A person shall not be prosecuted if, at the time of the commission of the act, he/she, as a result of mental disease or defect, was unable to understand the criminality of the act or to conduct him/herself pursuant to the mandate of law.

The term “mental disease” or “defect” does not include an abnormality manifested only as repeated criminal or antisocial conduct.

History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 39, eff. May 1, 2005.