P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 341l
The Secretary or his designee, in accordance with subsection (d) of § 341e of this title, shall be empowered to issue the following sanctions and orders:
(a) Upon previous notice and hearing, impose administrative fines for violations of this chapter, or of the rules, regulations and orders approved or prescribed by the Department in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Upon previous notice and hearing, he may issue orders to cease and desist, and prescribe the corrective terms and conditions that through the evidence at his disposal, and in accordance with the law applicable, he may determine beneficial to the consumer. Whenever in the opinion of the Secretary an immediate serious damage is caused or may be caused to the consumers or to a consumer in particular, he may issue said order, of a provisional character, waiving the requirement of holding a hearing. Within the ten (10) days subsequent to the issuance of said provisional order, the Secretary shall hold an administrative hearing to decide whether such provisional order is made final or is repealed. The orders issued under this subsection shall be notified to the proper person at his business place or by registered mail to his last known address.
(e) The Secretary may appeal to the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico requesting that any order to cease and desist issued by him or any corrective order be put into effect. Noncompliance with a judicial order granting such request shall constitute contempt of court.
History —Apr. 23, 1973, No. 5, p. 15, § 13; June 26, 1974, No. 87, Part 1, p. 306, § 4.