The Court of First Instance shall take cognizance of the violations to §§ 1443—1448 of this title, and they shall be deemed as misdemeanors punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). When the normal mechanism of a motor vehicle has been altered with the purpose of generating noise, the fine shall be of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History —Apr. 26, 1940, No. 71, p. 490, § 4; May 9, 1986, No. 19, p. 43; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 131, § 3, eff. 60 days after Aug. 9, 1995.