P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 1881
Any lessor, agent, manager, administrator, superintendent, person in charge, or concierge of a building or part thereof, that in the lease or rental agreement whereof, by its expressed or implied terms requires the furnishing of hot or cold water, electric power, elevator services, telephone services or other service or facility to any occupant of said building, who willfully and intentionally fails to furnish said water, electric power, elevator service, telephone service or other service or utility at any time when the same are necessary for the proper and customary use of such building or part thereof, or any lessor, agent, manager, superintendent, administrator, person in charge or concierge, who willfully and intentionally interferes with the peaceful enjoyment of the property leased by such occupant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for a term of not more than ninety (90) days, or both penalties at the discretion of the court. Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not be applicable when the tenant has failed to pay the rent for three (3) consecutive months or more, after having been required said payment through a notice by certified mail with receipt requested, allowing five (5) working days from its receipt to make the payment, and warning him/her that otherwise, the services included in the lease contract shall be cancelled.
History —Nov. 21, 1941, No. 35, p. 124, § 1; Aug. 15, 1999, No. 255, § 1.