P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 361w
(a) All information reported or otherwise obtained by the Secretary or his representative in connection with any inspection or procedure under §§ 361—361aa of this title which contains or which might reveal a secret on industrial processes shall be considered confidential, except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out §§ 361—361aa of this title, or when relevant in any proceeding hereunder. In any such proceedings the Secretary or the court shall issue such orders as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of secrets on industrial processes.
(b) Any person who acting as official or employee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or of any of its municipalities, or of any department, agency, instrumentality or dependency thereof, publishes, discloses, reveals or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by the Secretary, any information brought to him in the course of his employment or official duties or by reason of any inspection or investigation made by, report or record made to, or filed with, such department, agency, instrumentality, dependency, officer or employee thereof and said information deals or is connected with the secrets on industrial processes of any person or employer, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, and shall be removed from his office or employment.
History —Aug. 5, 1975, No. 16, p. 605, § 24.