P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 433
Every person who, in any character, as official, notary, agent, intermediary, or otherwise, knowingly and with the deliberate purpose of violating the provisions of § 3 of the Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States, approved May 1, 1900, regarding the purchase, sale, or possession of lands, directly or indirectly participates in any act or contract which in any way impairs, affects, or violates said provisions of the aforesaid Joint Resolution, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in jail for a maximum term of one (1) year, or by both penalties, [at] the discretion of the court.
History —Aug. 7, 1935, No. 48, p. 536, § 3.