P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 449
Whoever employs, procures, or permits a minor to be employed in violation of any provision of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, or of an order issued by the Department of Labor and Human Resources in accordance with the provisions of § 448 of this title, or refuses entry or inspection as authorized in § 455 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). For each violation of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, or of any section or provision hereof, after the first violation, the employer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or in default thereof, to imprisonment in jail for a term of not more than ninety (90) days; Provided, That no complaint charging a violation of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title shall be set aside upon the plea of accumulation of offenses or defect of form, whenever the offense or offenses charged are included within the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title. Whoever continues to employ a minor in violation of the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, after being notified by an official or other person authorized to enforce §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title or to assist in its enforcement, shall for every day thereafter while such illegal employment of each minor continues, be sentenced to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or to imprisonment for a term of not more than sixty (60) days, or to both penalties, fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; and whoever forges or procures to be forged, or who assists in forging or, with intent to evade any of the provisions of §§ 431—443a and 446—456 of this title, alters a birth certificate or other evidence of the age of any child, and whoever presents or assists in presenting a forged or altered certificate or evidence of age, and whoever misrepresents the age of such child for the purpose of fraudulently securing an employment certificate, shall be sentenced to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or to both penalties, fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 12, 1942, No. 230, p. 1298, § 19, renumbered as § 20 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 87, § 2.