P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 634

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§ 634. Abuse by restriction of liberty

Any person who uses violence or intimidation against his/her spouse, former spouse, or the person with whom he/she cohabits or has cohabited, or with whom he/she has or has had a consensual relationship, or with whom he/she shares a child in common, regardless of the sex, civil status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or the immigrant status of the persons involved in the relationship, or who uses the pretext of suffering from, or that one of the aforementioned persons suffers from a mental disease or defect to restrict the victim of liberty with his/her knowledge, shall be guilty of a third-degree felony in the lower end of the range.

The court may impose the penalty of restitution besides the established penalty of imprisonment.

History —Aug. 15, 1989, No. 54, p. 199, § 3.4; Sept. 23, 2004, No. 480, § 5; Dec. 28, 2005, No. 165, § 6; May 29, 2013, No. 23, § 7.