P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 2166

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§ 2166. Communications of an obscene nature or with the intention of molesting; penalties

There shall be guilty of public offense in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico any person who, by means of a telephone communication:

(a) Makes any remark, solicitation, insinuation, or obscene, lascivious or indecent proposition; or

(b) makes a telephone call, whether the conversation be established or not, without revealing his identity and with the intention of molesting, abusing, frightening or threatening any person who is at the place of the telephone called to; or

(c) who causes the telephone of another person to ring repeatedly and continuously with the intention of molesting any person at the telephone called to; or

(d) repeatedly makes telephone calls, whose sole purpose through the conversation is aimed at molesting any person at the telephone called to, or

(e) knowingly permits that any telephone under his control be used for any purpose forbidden by §§ 2166 and 2167 of this title. The person found guilty of the offenses created by §§ 2166 and 2167 of this title shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, or by both penalties in the discretion of the court.

History —June 6, 1968, No. 76, p. 130, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 6, 1968.