P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 601
All members of the Legislature of Puerto Rico and all executive, administrative and judicial officers, and all employees of the Government of Puerto Rico, its dependencies, boards, commissions, and organizations created by law, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices or employments, take and sign the following oath or affirmation, to wit:
“Oath of Allegiance and of Office “I, ______________________ __________, (Name of office or employment) (age) appointed _____________________, do solemnly swear (Name of office or employment) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office or employment on which I am about to enter. So help me God. (Officer or employee) “Sworn to and subscribed before me __________ in and for _________ this day of ______________ of the year. “(Officer administering the oath)”
The violation of this oath shall be sufficient cause for the removal of the officer or employee. Every officer or employee who at the time this section takes effect is holding his office or employment shall proceed to take the oath above prescribed not later than January 31, 1953, and any officer or employee who shall refuse to take the oath shall immediately cease in his office or employment.
History —Political Code, 1902, § 186; May 13, 1936, No. 93, p. 490, § 1.