P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 475b
Any person who contracts, employs, uses or tries to employ or use a minor, or allows a minor to work, or uses a minor in the activities mentioned in § 475 of this title, without the authorization of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, or is guilty of violating the regulating provisions promulgated under §§ 475—475b of this title, or does not comply with the terms and conditions established in the authorization issued, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished with a fine which shall not be less than seventy-five dollars ($75), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). For any recurrence, the person shall be punished with a fine that shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for one day for every five dollars ($5) he fails to pay, up to a maximum of ninety (90) days in jail. Provided, That any report of a violation of §§ 475—475b of this title may not be dismissed alleging concurrence of action or by defect of form, provided the fault or faults reported are comprised within the terms of §§ 475—475b of this title. Any person who, after being notified by an official or person authorized to enforce the compliance of §§ 475—475b of this title, or to help in said enforcement, that continues employing minors in violation of the provisions of §§ 475—475b of this title, shall be punished for each day that he/she continues violating §§ 475—475b of this title with a fine that shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for a term which shall not exceed sixty (60) days, or both penalties at the discretion of the court; and any person who, in order to evade any of the provisions of §§ 475—475b of this title, alters a birth certificate or other proof of the age of a child; any person who submits or helps to submit a false or altered certificate or proof; and any person who falsely alters the age of said child with the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a work certificate, shall be punished with a fine that shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term no greater than six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
History —July 13, 1985, No. 112, p. 389, § 3.