P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 2357
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Subject to § 2654 of this title, no person while being held for trial or the result of trial may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against him, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon him be any more rigorous than the circumstances [require to insure his presence, but he may be] subjected to minor punishment during that period for infractions of discipline.
History —June 23, 1969, No. 62, p. 117, § 506, eff. 90 days after June 23, 1969.