P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 378
(a) Every subcontractor must procure from the Department a subcontractor’s permit. Application for such permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the Department. Such permit shall be in writing and signed by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or by his duly authorized representative. It shall also contain the name and address of the person to whom it is issued, and shall designate and limit the acts that are permitted. Such permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of its issuance, unless sooner revoked for just cause.
(b) No such permit shall be issued to any person who, or whose predecessor in interest, held an employer’s permit which, within the two (2) years prior to the application for a subcontractor’s permit, was revoked by the Department.
(c) Any subcontractor who delivers or causes to be delivered to another person, any articles or materials for manufacture by industrial [home-based work] without having in his possession a valid subcontractor’s permit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or to undergo imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 15, 1939, No. 163, p. 812, § 9, eff. 90 days after May 15, 1939.