P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 331q
Any owner, administrator, occupant or his representative, who refuses to allow access to the sites indicated by this chapter or who intervenes in any way with a member of the Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps authorized to carry out inspections and investigations by obstructing his entrance to any one of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction of the first infraction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. Provided, That the court may impose the penalty of rendering community services in an activity related to the Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps as established by Section 49B of Act No. 115 of July 22, 1974, as amended, instead of imprisonment.
Every subsequent violation shall constitute a felony and the person convicted thereof shall be punished with imprisonment for a fixed term of one (1) year. If there are aggravating circumstances, the established fixed term can be increased to a maximum of three (3) years; if there are extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of six (6) months and one day. At its discretion, the court may impose the established fixed sanction of imprisonment or a fine that shall not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both penalties.
Any industry or commercial establishment that does not comply with the dispositions set forth herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor subject to a penalty of a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000), or a jail term of six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
History —June 21, 1988, No. 43, p. 163, § 19, renumbered as § 20 on Aug. 12, 1995, No. 199, § 3; Jan. 2, 2003, No. 33, § 3.