P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 393

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§ 393. Sanitary requirements—Homes used for workers

Any house or place of lodging to be used or occupied as a shelter for laborers under contract with a corporation, firm, manufacture, factory, or agricultural plantation shall be maintained in a clean condition and in accordance with sanitary requirements, and shall have a capacity of not less than three hundred (300) cubic feet of space for each adult, or nine hundred (900) cubic feet for a man, a woman, or two children; Provided, That in no case shall the lodging of laborers be permitted in places where merchandise is stored; and any violation of this provision shall be considered a misdemeanor.

History —July 26, 1921, No. 86, p. 732, § 1; May 8, 1942, No. 149, p. 824, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 8, 1942.