P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 403
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico to institute proper actions or proceedings against any [juridical] person engaged in agriculture in Puerto Rico which holds, controls or possesses, whether directly or through the instrumentality of any natural or [juridical] person, land in excess of five hundred (500) acres, or when there is reason to believe that such instrumentalities have been created and are utilized in a simulated or covert manner to violate and evade the above-mentioned land restriction; and the courts, upon substantiating such actions, shall have full discretion to receive evidence and to look beyond the form into the actual merits and essence of the case, taking into account the fundamental purpose of §§ 241 et seq. of this title and the public emergency which exists of preventing that the said restriction of land tenure be directly or indirectly infringed or violated.
History —Apr. 12, 1941, No. 26, p. 388, § 59, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 1941.