P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 4842

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§ 4842. Undue influence on radio and television

The following shall incur a fourth degree felony, and the court may also impose the sentence of restitution upon:

(a) Any radio or television station employee or any other person who offers, solicits, gives or receives, directly or by means of an intermediary, for him/herself or for another person or a third party, any money or any form of payment, service or benefit, or accepts a proposition to such effects, in exchange for the broadcasting by radio or television of the music of a certain author or singer, or any other material or program, without informing said fact to the station prior to the broadcasting of the music, material or program in question.

(b) Any person who, as part of the production of a radio or television program solicits, gives or receives, directly or by means of an intermediary, for himself or for another person or a third party, any money or any form of payment, service or benefit, or accepts a proposition to such effects, in exchange for the broadcasting by radio or television of said program or part thereof without informing said fact to the station, the employer of the person who shall receive the payment or the person for whom such program is produced prior to the broadcasting of said program.

(c) Any person who supplies to another a radio or television program or part thereof without notification to said person that money or any other form of payment, service or benefit has been offered, solicited, given or received, directly or by means of an intermediary, or that a proposition to such effects has been accepted in exchange for said program or part thereof to be broadcast by radio or television.

(d) If during the referred broadcast the sponsor of the broadcasted program is adequately identified, the duty to inform set forth in the preceding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall be complied with.

(e) Compliance with the duty to inform set forth in the preceding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not be necessary when the station has obtained a disclaimer for such purposes from the Federal Communications Commission.

History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 214, eff. May 1, 2005.