P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 1108
It shall be the duty of the Commission to require that the Secretary of Justice, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, [institute] those civil or criminal procedures that may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this part and the rules approved thereunder. The resources of appeal shall be instituted through the Office of the Solicitor General attached to the Department of Justice. When the action to be instituted is to enjoin and bar public service companies, contract carriers or persons from committing or continuing to commit any act or to punish any acts committed in violation of the provisions of this part, the same may be instituted by the public interest attorneys of the Commission. In addition to the judicial actions established in this part, the Commission is hereby empowered to impose administrative penalties and fines for violations of this part and the rules approved thereunder incurred by public service companies, contract carriers or by any person subject to its provisions. Administrative fines shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation, it being understood that each day the violation persists shall be deemed as a separate violation up to a maximum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). Administrative fines imposed pursuant to this part shall never exceed five percent (5%) of the gross sales, fifteen percent (15%) of the net income or ten percent (10%) of the net assets of the enterprise or person penalized, whichever is greater, corresponding to the most recent taxable year. In the event a public service company, contract carrier or other person subject to the provisions of this part shows contumacy in the commission or continuation of actions for which an administrative fine has been imposed or in the commission or continuation of actions in violation of this part and its regulations, or shows contumacy in obeying any order or resolution issued by the Commission, the latter may, in the exercise of its discretion, impose administrative fines of up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) a day, it being understood that every day the violation persists shall be deemed as a separate violation up to a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for any of the actions set forth herein. In such cases of contumacy and through the unanimous decision of the Commission, fines may be imposed for up to double the limits on the basis of sales, income or assets established in this part, up to maximum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
History —June 28, 1962, No. 109, p. 288, § 21; June 11, 1965, No. 15, p. 25; June 28, 1969, No. 119, p. 333; May 31, 1972, No. 84, p. 202; July 25, 1997, No. 50, § 1; Aug. 2, 2006, No. 141, § 2.