P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 3124
(a) No person shall perform any act which prevents the unbiased appointment of police personnel, nor the application of §§ 3101 et seq. of this title or the rules adopted with regard thereto. Neither shall that person make or accept any false statement, certification or report with regard to any examination, certification or appointment made under the provisions of §§ 3101 et seq. of this title or of the regulations adopted thereunder. No person shall impersonate another, or in any manner permit or help another person to fraudulently impersonate him/her with regard to any or oral or written examination required for enlistment or promotion in the Puerto Rico Police.
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or with a term of imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or with both penalties, at the discretion of the court. Furthermore, said person shall be deemed ineligible for appointment to any position and for rendering services of any other kind in the departments, agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a term of five (5) years from the date on which the judgment is final.
If such a person is an employee or official, or renders services of any kind in any of the aforesaid dependencies, he/she shall be discharged as soon as the judgment is final.
(c) The undue intervention of any person [outside of] the Police Force who lacks the supervisory or appointing authority or power in the Police and who, by taking advantage of partisan politics or undue influence pretends, for reasons [contrary] to the best interests of the Police Force, to obtain enlistment, reenlistment, promotion, transfer, discharge, demotion or to perform any action for the benefit or [to the] detriment of any member of the Police, shall incur a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished [by] a term of imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or [by] a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. To make recommendations or suggestions regarding matters of humanitarian, social, equitable or administrative nature shall not be construed to be undue intervention.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 25, eff. July 1, 1996.