P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 1280

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§ 1280. Acts prohibited

(a) The Commissioners, the Secretary of the Commission, and all officers and employees thereof are hereby enjoined from directly or indirectly soliciting from or suggesting or recommending to any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any officer or lawyer thereof, the appointment of any person to any office, position, post or employment. It is likewise prohibited to every person under the jurisdiction of the Commission and to all officers and lawyers of said person, to offer any Commissioner, the Secretary, or any officer or employee of the Commission, any office, position, appointment or post, or to offer or give any Commissioner, the Secretary, or any officer or employee appointed to any office by the Commission, any free pass or transportation or any rebate in fare to which the general public is not entitled, or free transportation of properties, or any gift, gratification, favor or present of any kind. If any Commissioner, the Secretary, or other person employed by the Commission, shall violate any of the provisions of this section, said person shall be removed from office. Any officer, employee or agent of the Commission who shall disclose any fact or information brought to his knowledge in the course of any inspection or examination of the property, accounts, records or documents of any person or municipality subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, except so far as ordered by the Commission or a court or authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged in the transportation of passengers or property for pay to have any direct or indirect interest in another person or corporation in some form or another engaged in the rendering of any service of transportation of passengers or property for pay.

History —June 28, 1962, No. 109, p. 288, § 69, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1962.