P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 432

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§ 432. Summary punishment as contempt of perjury committed in open court—Evidence of sentence of contempt not admissible in criminal prosecution

In case of a person being sentenced for perjury in proceedings for contempt of court and his being prosecuted in a criminal cause for the same offense, no evidence whatever of the order or sentence dictated by the judge nor anything related to said order shall be admissible.

History —Mar. 9, 1911, No. 41, p. 128, § 3.