§ 4884. Negotiations incompatible with the discharge of public office

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4884

Any public officer or employee who, by reason of his/her office, directly or through third party, promotes, authorizes or executes a contract, bid or any other operation in which he/she has an interest without having a dispensation or authorization allowed by the law shall incur a fourth degree...

§ 4883. Unlawful benefit from public office

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4883

Any public officer or employee who unlawfully uses for his/her benefit or the benefit of a third party any property, works or services paid for with public funds shall incur a fourth degree aggravated felony.The court may also impose restitution.

§ 4881. Unlawful enrichment

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4881

Repealed. 

§ 4873. False telephone call to emergency system

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4873

Any person who knowingly calls or allows calls to be made from any telephone under his/her control to any emergency call response system, such as 9-1-1, to falsely warn or notify a fire alarm, medical emergency, commission of a crime, natural disaster or any other situation requiring the...

§ 4871. Aggravated environmental pollution

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4871

If the environmental pollution offense typified in §&ensp4870 of this title is committed by a person who does not have the corresponding permit, endorsement, certification, franchise or concession, or is committed clandestinely or by infringing expressly stated provisions issued by the...

§ 4870. Environmental pollution

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4870

Any person who discharges or provokes, directly or indirectly, emissions, radiation or dumping of any sort on the ground, into the atmosphere or into ground, underground or maritime water bodies breaching laws, regulations or the special conditions of applicable permits and which seriously...

§ 4869. Poisoning of public waters

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4869

Any person who endangers the life or health of one or several persons by poisoning, polluting or dumping toxic or hazardous substances into wells, reservoirs, bodies of water, pipelines or runoff streams for human use and consumption shall incur a second degree felony.If the acts enumerated...

§ 4868. Mayhem

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4868

Any person who endangers the life, health, bodily integrity or safety of one or several persons, or who causes environmental damages by provoking an explosion, flood or [landslide] by means of causing the demolition of real property, or by using toxic or choking gas, nuclear energy, ionizing...

§ 4858. Closed or non-existent account and undue stop payment

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4858

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, orders any bank or depository to cancel an account designated for the making of payments with money charged against such account knowing that prior to said cancellation he/she had written, issued, endorsed or delivered any checks, money orders, drafts...

§ 4857. Insufficiency of funds

Statutes | 33 L.P.R.A. § 4857

Any person who, with the intent to defraud writes, issues, endorses or releases a check, money order, draft or note for the payment of money chargeable to any bank or other depository knowing that the issuer or drafter thereof lacks sufficient funds in said bank or depositary for the full...