P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 1282
(a) Any person who sells, installs, repairs or adjusts a meter without being duly authorized to do so by the Public Service Commission shall incur a misdemeanor that shall entail a fine that shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or a penalty of imprisonment that shall not exceed six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
(b) Any person who alters a meter in such a manner that it reflects a different amount to be paid by the user from the one that corresponds according to the miles traveled, according to the regulations of the Public Service Commission, shall incur a misdemeanor that shall entail a fine that shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or a penalty of imprisonment that shall not exceed six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. Also, any owner, or taxi or public vehicle operator who operates his/her vehicle with an altered meter, shall incur a misdemeanor and will be subject to the above penalty.
History —June 28, 1962, No. 109, p. 288, added as § 71 on Aug. 22, 1990, No. 50, p. 202, § 3.