P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 898
In case of a violation of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations, the Secretary of Health may impose administrative fines on the governing authorities up to the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). These penalties shall apply to persons smoking in said places as well as the owners or operators thereof. In the case of subsequent violations he/she may impose penalties up to five hundred dollars ($500) for a second violation and up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) for subsequent violations. The administrative fines shall be paid by certified check or money order payable to the Secretary of the Treasury. The amount collected thereby shall be deposited into the Special Department of Health Tobacco Control Fund to be used by the Tobacco Control and Prevention Division and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Environmental Health of the Department of Health in order for them to have the necessary resources for the development and implementation of any tobacco use education, prevention, and control program to provide the citizens with effective smoking prevention and cessation services.
Any person who violates subsections (k) and (l) of § 892 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sanctioned pursuant to the provisions of the Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Police is hereby empowered to intervene with the violators of this chapter.
History —Aug. 3, 1993, No. 40, § 9; Jan. 6, 1998, No. 11, § 4; Mar. 2, 2006, No. 66, § 6; renumbered as § 10 and amended on Apr. 2, 2008, No. 35, § 1, eff. 6 months after Apr. 2, 2008.