P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 84a
(a) Administrative fine. — The Secretary shall impose an administrative fine on the owner of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation of §§ 82—84a of this title.
(b) Penalties. —
(1) Every owner of adult entertainment machines or any other person, operator, or attendant in a business or establishment that introduces the gaming machines described in § 82 of this title, considered games of chance machines, in said business, or uses or tries to use them therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall he punished with a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200), nor more than four hundred dollars ($400), or by imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days, at the discretion of the court. If it is a second conviction, a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and a penalty of imprisonment of not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days, shall be imposed. Any subsequent conviction shall bring about a fixed fine of five hundred dollars ($500), and imprisonment for a period of six (6) months.
(2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of §§ 82—84a of this title or the regulations promulgated by the Secretary, shall be punished, upon conviction, with a fixed fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a period of not less than two (2) months, nor more than six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
(3) Every person who prohibits or prevents the free inspection of businesses, establishments or places, by internal revenue or law and order agents, with the purpose of conducting investigations related to §§ 82—84a of this title, or the regulations promulgated by the Secretary, or who admits, advises, promotes, encourages or induces a person under eighteen (18) years of age to operate adult entertainment machines, shall incur a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sanctioned with a fixed penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months and one day, nor more than one (1) year.
Regardless of the penalties established in §§ 82—84a of this title, the Secretary shall attach and dispose of any adult entertainment machine that is operated without a license, or with an expired license or a license issued for another machine. The Secretary is further empowered to impose an administrative penalty for violations of his/her orders and the regulations promulgated thereunder, by a temporary suspension or permanent revocation of the rights and privileges enjoyecl by the natural or juridical person who is guilty of the violation, including the automatic revocation of all internal revenue licenses granted and administered by the Secretary.
History —Aug. 22, 1933, No. 11, added as § 5A on June 26, 1997, No. 22, § 5; Dec. 11, 1997, No. 136, § 2.