P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 218
Any natural or juridical person, association, or group of persons, quasi-public corporation, department, agency, municipality or instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that personally and/or through its agents, representatives or employees engages in activities for the extraction, excavation, removal or dredging of the components of the earth’s crust in public or private lands of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without a prior permit of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, if found guilty, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
The violation of any resolution, decision or order issued by the Secretary, or of any condition or requirement established in a permit, or of the provisions of §§ 206—220f of this title and of the regulations promulgated thereunder by those mentioned in the preceding paragraph, personally and/or through their agents, representatives, or employees shall also constitute a misdemeanor punishable by the above-mentioned penalties.
Each day of continuance of the infraction of any provision, requirement, determination, order or regulation of the Secretary, or of any of the provisions of said sections, or a final decree issued by the District Court of Puerto Rico, shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Jurisdiction is hereby vested in the District Court of Puerto Rico to prosecute the offenses established by this section.
History —June 25, 1968, No. 132, p. 314, § 13; June 3, 1976, No. 144, p. 423, § 14; June 27, 1987, No. 54, p. 180, § 7.