P.R. Laws tit. 1, § 521g

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§ 521g. Penal liability

Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who:

(a) Having the right to do so legally or contractually, refuses to transfer any real right, or to lease or sublease of a personal property at any level, to any person or group of persons, for having been diagnosed as HIV positive, or who suffers from the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

(b) Discriminates against, or establishes different conditions, in the terms or conditions of a transaction for the acquisition of ownership or the use or for the financing of any kind of transaction on real estate, to another person, for the mere fact of having been diagnosed as a carrier of the HIV virus, or for suffering from the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

(c) Impedes, obstructs, limits or excludes the access, admission or participation of any person in the transportation services, recreation and acquisition of goods and services, for the mere fact of having been diagnosed as a carrier of the HIV virus, or for suffering from the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

(d) Discriminates against persons who are qualified for the rendering of services in an educational institution for having been diagnosed as HIV positive or for suffering from the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

The court may impose a penalty of confinement or house arrest for a term of not more than six (6) months, or community work, restitution, or a fine not greater than five hundred dollars ($500), or any or all of them, at its discretion.

History —June 10, 1995, No. 52, § 9.