P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 741

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§ 741. Violations

(a) The sale or delivery by any person of any staple commodity, or the purchase or receipt in the course of business of any staple commodity in violation of any regulation or order issued hereunder, or of any price schedule in effect pursuant to the provisions hereof, or of any regulation or order, requirement or measure made or established under the provisions hereof, shall be illegal, notwithstanding any contract, agreement, lease or other obligation entered into prior to or subsequent to §§ 731—745 of this title; and it shall be illegal to promise, solicit, attempt to do, agree to do, or fail to do any of the things hereinabove enjoined or directed, or in any manner to commit or omit any act in violation of any regulation or order issued under §§ 731—745 of this title.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Government, or for any adviser or consultant to the Administrator, to disclose, unless necessary in the discharge of his official duties, any information obtained under §§ 731—745 of this title, or to use such information for personal profit.

History —May 12, 1942, No. 228, p. 1268, § 10; Dec. 31, 1946, No. 17, p. 124, § 5.