P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 534
Any person violating §§ 526—534 of this title or any section or provision thereof, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in jail for a period of not more than six (6) months or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court. In case of recidivism, by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) shall be imposed upon him, or he shall be imprisoned in jail for a term of not less than one month nor more than three (3) months, or by both penalties in the discretion of the court. In addition he shall be bound to civil responsibility:
(1) By a sum equal to double the amount of the damages caused to the worker or applicant for an employment in the event of breach of the terms of the contract subscribed pursuant to the provisions hereof; or
(2) by a sum of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), in the discretion of the court, if the pecuniary damages could not be determined, or
(3) double the amount of the damages caused, if the latter were lower than one hundred dollars ($100).
History —June 22, 1962, No. 87, p. 228, § 8; July 21, 1977, No. 7, p. 553, § 5; renumbered as § 10 on July 13, 1978, No. 54, p. 537, § 8.