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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 2101 — 2113) › § 2113 - Service of summons

It shall be incontrovertibly understood that the owner, captain or insurer of every vessel sailing in Puerto Rican waters, or entering one of its harbors, or which uses one of its docks, has given his consent to be served in any suit begun under the provisions of this chapter in which he is defendant, if not within Puerto Rico, through a substitute service through the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico or of the person appointed by him for such purpose, in accordance with Rule 4.7 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the General Court of Justice of Puerto Rico, as amended by Act No. 105 of June 28, 1965. This section shall likewise apply to the insurer and to the agent of the owner of the vessel, to the insurer and to the agent of the ship’s captain, to the insurer of the owner’s agent or of the ship’s captain and to the owner of the ship’s cargo, or his agent and to the insurer of both or of the cargo.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 1, art. 1.13, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter II - General Powers of the Authority (§§ 2201 — 2205) › § 2201 - General powers

The Authority shall have control of the navigation and the marine trade in navigable waters of Puerto Rico and in its harbors and docks, as provided in this chapter, except in the navigable waters and the harbors and docks of the Port of the Americas, where the Port of the Americas Authority or the contracted entity, through delegation by the latter, shall have the control thereof.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 2, art. 2.01; Aug. 11, 2002, No. 171, § 22.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter II - General Powers of the Authority (§§ 2201 — 2205) › § 2202 - Waters, ports, docks and harbor zones

There are hereby placed under the control and administration of the Authority, to be administered in benefit of the People of Puerto Rico in the interest of navigation and commerce, the harbors and their waters, the navigable waters in and around Puerto Rico, the public property docks, the lands submerged under the harbors and under every dock and such waters, the terrestrial maritime zone comprised within every port zone and the latter, and all buildings and structures built therein which are the property or which are under the dominion of Puerto Rico, except docks, buildings or structures property of any of its municipalities; the public lands and buildings reserved by the United States for public purposes; and the navigable waters, the port, the docks, the lands submerged under the port, and the lands and buildings of the Port of the Americas, which will be under the control and administration of the Port of the Americas Authority.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 2, art. 2.02; Aug. 11, 2002, No. 171, § 22.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter II - General Powers of the Authority (§§ 2201 — 2205) › § 2203 - Administrative fines and action for collection

The Administrator may include in the rules or regulations, approved in accordance with this chapter, provisions for imposing and payment of reasonable administrative fines, which shall not be less than twenty-five (25) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), for violations to the rules or regulations; and may, within these same limitations, provide by rules or regulations for imposing and payment of such fines for violations to this chapter or to the Regulation of Docks and Harbors of Puerto Rico of 1928. If the fine has not been paid within thirty (30) days of the written notice of its imposition, the Authority may begin a civil action before the Court of First Instance for the collection of the fine and for a sum equal to its amount for indemnity which the court may, in its discretion, include in the judgment in the measure deemed fair, plus the proceeding costs and a reasonable sum for attorney’s fees. The defendant may raise before the court all defenses it may have against the imposition of the fine. The payment of the fine within the said term of thirty (30) days shall constitute an impediment to any criminal action under the provisions of this chapter for the same violation which caused the imposition of the fine.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 2, art. 2.03; June 25, 1969, No. 84, p. 238, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter II - General Powers of the Authority (§§ 2201 — 2205) › § 2204 - Injunction proceedings

The Authority may begin injunction proceedings before the Court of First Instance to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of the rules or regulations approved and promulgated by the Administrator or which continue in force as therein provided, it being sufficient that the preliminary or permanent injunction be issued demonstrating that the remedy is necessary in order to avoid the violation of any of said provisions.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 2, art. 2.04, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter II - General Powers of the Authority (§§ 2201 — 2205) › § 2205 - Powers of investigation

(a) In order to comply with the provisions of this chapter and in the exercise of the powers and functions respectively vested therein and of those likewise vested on the Authority, the Administrator and the Director may carry out the investigations which they may deem necessary; and with this purpose they may administer oaths, receive testimonials, hold hearings and issue subpoenas requiring the appearance of witnesses and the presentation of documental evidence or of any other kind.
(b) The Administrator and the Director may delegate said powers of investigation, including the issuance of subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses and presentation of evidence, to officers and employees of the Authority or to any other person designated to carry out the investigation, hearing or proceeding. The Administrator may determine through rules or regulations adopted as provided in § 2109 of this title the procedures in connection with such investigations, hearings and subpoenas, as well as to the delegation of the powers herein vested on the Director and on the Administrator.
(c) If a subpoena issued under the provisions of this section or of the regulation approved to such effect by the Administrator were not duly complied with, the Authority may appear before the Court of First Instance so that it will order the compliance with the subpoena. The court shall be empowered to issue orders, making compulsory the fulfillment of the subpoena and to punish for contempt disobedience to the orders issued to such effect.
(d) No natural person shall refuse to comply with a subpoena issued under the provisions of this section, or of one of said orders of the Court of First Instance, alleging that the testimony or evidence required may incriminate him or subject him to a penalty, but he may not be criminally prosecuted in connection with any transaction or matter on which he has given testimony or produced documental evidence or of any other kind, except that he may be prosecuted and condemned for perjury committed on rendering testimony.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 2, art. 2.05; June 25, 1969, No. 84, p. 238, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter III - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2301 — 2305) › § 2301 - Powers of regulations

The Administrator shall approve rules and regulations to regulate navigation and marine trade, including the inspection of ships to determine their condition of cleanliness and safety for navigation, in accordance with the powers vested on the Authority in § 2201 of this title and as provided in § 2109 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 3, art. 3.01, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter III - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2301 — 2305) › § 2302 - Offense for violation

Every person who illegally obstructs navigation or marine trade in navigable waters of Puerto Rico, or in its harbors or docks, or who violates any of the provisions or the rules or regulations approved and promulgated by the Administrator to regulate navigation or marine trade in said waters, docks or harbors, shall incur, for each violation, in a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in § 2801 of this title. In those cases the only defense which shall be permitted is that the violation was due to an inevitable act or omission in spite of the proper care used to avoid such happenings.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 3, art. 3.02, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter III - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2301 — 2305) › § 2303 - Damages

(a) With the exception of that specially provided for by §§ 1—42 of Title 11, and that provided in § 2304 of this title, the provisions of §§ 5141 and 5142 of Title 31, shall be applicable to damage caused in navigable waters of Puerto Rico or in its harbors or docks; but the proof that the damage was exclusively caused by the defendant or by the latter jointly with a person for which the plaintiff must not respond, on illegally obstructing the navigation or marine trade in navigable waters of Puerto Rico, or in its harbors or docks, or on infringing any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules or regulations approved and promulgated by the Administrator to regulate navigation or marine trade in said waters, docks or harbors, or the provisions of the Regulation of Docks and Harbors of Puerto Rico of 1928, on the same matter shall establish against the defendant a controversial presumption of fault or negligence. The responsibility herein provided shall be solidarily demandable, when the damage has been caused by a ship, to the person owner of same, to its captain and to the agent of any of them.
(b) The damages caused through the action or omission of the Administrator or of any officer, employee or agent of the Authority, while acting in his official capacity and within the scope of his function, employment or commitment as an agent of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under the provisions of this chapter (in contraposition as when acting in the exercise of the property rights of the Authority as a public corporation) intervening fault or negligence, shall exclusively be requirable to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as provided by law.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 3, art. 3.03; June 25, 1969, No. 84, p. 238, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter III - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2301 — 2305) › § 2304 - Collision damages

If the damages are caused by collision, the following rules shall be observed to fix the civil responsibility established in § 2303 of this title:
(a) If only one of the parties incurred in a fault, it shall sustain its own damages and shall compensate the other party for all damages caused.
(b) If both parties incur in fault, the damages shall be equally divided among both, unless there is a great disparity among the faults. In this case, the damages shall be equitably distributed in proportion to the seriousness of the faults which caused the collision.
(c) Should it be impossible to determine which party was at fault, the damages shall be equally divided between both.
(d) If none of the parties were at fault, each one shall sustain its own damages.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 3, art. 3.04, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter III - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2301 — 2305) › § 2305 - Lien

The judicial claim for damage caused by a ship as provided in §§ 2303, 2304, 2504 and 2513 of this title shall constitute a lien on the ship. The action for the lien shall expire after the lapse of one (1) year from and after the date in which the injured party had knowledge of the damage. This lien shall have the same preference as determined by the laws and statutes of the United States on the same matter.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 3, art. 3.05, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2401 - Powers of the Authority

The pilot service in the harbors of Puerto Rico shall be under the control of the Authority.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.01, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2402 - Regulation

The Administrator shall approve rules and regulations to regulate the pilot service in the harbors of Puerto Rico in accordance with the powers vested in the Authority by sections 2201 and 2401 of this title and as provided in § 2109 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.02, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2403 - Pilot license

No person shall offer pilot service in the harbors of Puerto Rico unless he has a pilot license issued by the Authority, who shall charge a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for its original issuance and ten dollars ($10) for its renewal. The license shall specify the name of the person to whom it is issued, date of birth, date of issuance, date of expiration, register number, the port or ports for which it was issued and any other information that the Administrator may by rule or regulation require. The license shall only be valid for the port or ports for which it was issued and shall expire after five (5) years of its issuance. The Authority shall keep and maintain a register of these licenses in which it shall enter said annotations.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.03, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2404 - Qualifications

The Authority may only issue pilot licenses to natural persons, citizens of the United States, of age, and of good repute who have the adequate knowledge for the sailing of any kind of vessel, of the rules and regulations in force or approved and promulgated by the Administrator under sections 2301 and 2402 of this title, and of the tides, anchorages and peculiarities of the port or ports for which license has been issued. No license shall be valid unless signed by the Director.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.04, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2405 - Bond

The Authority shall not issue or renew any pilot license until the person who requests such license renders a bond to the satisfaction of the Director for a reasonable sum as determined by the Administrator through rule or regulation, to answer for the faithful compliance of his duties as pilot.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.05, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2406 - Examination, renewal and expiration of licenses

The Authority shall submit every pilot license applicant to a careful examination on his qualifications and no license shall be issued unless he meets the qualifications indicated in § 2404 of this title. No license shall be renewed to any person over sixty-five (65) years of age unless the applicant shows to the satisfaction of the Director that he is mentally and physically capable of carrying out the functions of a pilot without endangering himself or the marine trade and persons working therein. Every license shall automatically expire on the date in which the pilot reaches seventy (70) years of age. The persons who on the date of effectiveness of this act have a pilot license under Act No. 59 of April 30, 1928, may practice as pilots for the term of one (1) year from and after said date without submitting to an examination, provided they render the bond required under § 2405 of this title and who still have not reached the age of sixty-nine (69) years. These licenses and those which subsequently may be issued shall be renewed at their expiration for the term of five (5) years unless the person who has the license does not qualify because of his age to have same renewed or that the Director refuses the renewal for just cause. The Director shall not delegate the powers and functions herein conferred.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.06, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2408 - Offense for rendering pilot service without license

Any person who illegally renders, attempts or offers to render any pilot service in harbors or navigable waters of Puerto Rico shall incur, for each violation, in a misdemeanor punishable as provided in § 2801 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.08, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2409 - Penalties for noncompliance of duties

The Authority shall impose and collect, for each violation, an administrative fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or greater than one hundred dollars ($100) from every pilot who incurs in negligence in the fulfillment of his duties or who voluntarily fails to comply with the same without just cause in violation of this chapter, of the Regulation of Docks and Harbors of 1928, or in violations approved and promulgated hereunder which continue in force, or of the rules or regulations approved and promulgated by the Administrator as provided in § 2402 of this title. The provisions of § 2203 of this title shall be applicable to the fines imposed by the Authority in accordance with the provisions in this section. The Director may also suspend, revoke or not renew the pilot license in accordance with § 2407 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.09, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2410 - Damage responsibilities

Any pilot who causes damages to another person or to the Authority violating § 2409 of this title shall incur in civil responsibility as provided in § 2303 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.10, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2411 - Lien on bond

The responsibility incurred by a pilot under §§ 2409 and 2410 of this title shall constitute a lien on his bond.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.11, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2412 - Ships subject to pilot service

No alien ship nor any ship of the United States navigating under registration may enter or leave a harbor without obtaining pilot service from a pilot licensed by the Authority for the said harbor.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.12, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2413 - Exemptions

The following ships shall be exempt from said pilot service:
(a) Every registered ship and with a license to engage in coast-wise trade, except when entering a harbor after having entered a foreign port or on leaving the harbor en route to a foreign port.
(b) Every ship [that is] the property or under control of the United States, Puerto Rico or foreign countries not engaged in marine trade.
(c) Every fishing boat with its own catch of fish to be unloaded in Puerto Rico, if piloted by a pilot licensed in the United States for said harbor, except when entering the harbor after having entered a foreign port or leaves the harbor en route to a foreign port.
(d) Every pleasure boat.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.13, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2414 - Pilot fees

Every ship subject to pilot service as provided in §§ 2412 and 2413 of this title, and every ship which requests and obtains said service without being subject to same, shall pay the following fees to the pilot rendering the service (or to the pilot in his stead who offers to render said services in the event that the ship’s captain refuses the service, the ship being subject to such services):
(a) Four dollars ($4) for each foot or fraction of foot in excess of six (6) inches drawn by the ship in the deepest drawing on any of its two (2) sides in its route through the port in normal waters.
(b) Twenty-five additional dollars ($25) if the ship has to be towed because it is unable to move under its own power.
(c) Half fee as indicated in subsections (a) and (b) for every movement, change or shifting of berth of the ship after it has cast anchor or has come alongside a port, except when the shifting of berth requires moving the ship from one side to another side of the same dock or from one dock to another not contiguous.
(d) Twice the fee indicated in subsections (a), (b) and (c) if the service is rendered after sunset and before sunrise.
(e) Half fee as indicated in subsections (a), (b) and (d), except as to subsection (c) if the ship enters port in need of aid, or with the only purpose of taking water, fuel or provisions in order to continue voyage.
(f) Twice the corresponding fee if the ship’s captain refuses the service, the ship being subject to receive it.
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority shall revise and fix discretionally the pilot fees established in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), taking into consideration the tradition, use, custom and the variables that may affect such fees.
The Authority shall prepare a regulation to establish the rights and duties of the parties which are directly or indirectly related to maritime transportation and the pilot service to ships. This regulation shall be made within a term of not more than twelve (12) months on and from the date in which this legislative measure becomes a law.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.14; July 3, 1975, No. 147, p. 454, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2415 - Detention of pilot on board

A pilot unnecessarily detained on board a ship shall be entitled to receive twenty-five dollars ($25) for each hour or fraction of hour so detained; and if not permitted to land but taken to sea against his will, he shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the salary earned by the first officer of the ship, but which shall in no case be less than fifty dollars ($50) daily, from the date the ship leaves port until the day he is permitted to land, plus the return trip expenses.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.15, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2416 - Civil responsibility

The civil responsibility resulting from §§ 2414 and 2415 of this title shall be solidarily requirable of the person owner of the said ship, its captain and of the agent of any of them.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.16, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2417 - Lien

The judicial claim for the fees established in § 2414 of this title, or for the fees, compensation and expenses provided in § 2415 of this title, prosecuted within the terms provided in § 2305 of this title, shall constitute a lien on said ship with the preference provided in said § 2305 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.17, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter IV - Pilot Service (§§ 2401 — 2418) › § 2418 - Offense for not using pilot

Every ship’s captain subject to pilot service as provided in this chapter, who brings in or takes out a ship from a port, or who moves, changes or shifts berth after it has been anchored or has come alongside in the port, without using a pilot therefor and without a written permission from the Authority for not using a pilot for such specific purpose, shall incur, for each violation, in a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a maximum term of two (2) years or by a maximum fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by both penalties.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 4, art. 4.18, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2501 - Powers of the Authority

The Authority shall control the movement of ships, passengers and cargo in the ports and docks and in the harbor zones.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.01, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2502 - Regulation

The Administrator shall approve rules and regulations to govern the movements of ships in, to and from ports and docks, the loading and unloading of passengers and cargo, and the movement and storing of cargo in the docks and in harbor zones, in accordance with the powers vested on the Authority by §§ 2201 and 2501 of this title and as provided by § 2109 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.02, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2503 - Violation offense

Every person who violates any provisions of the rules or regulations approved and promulgated by the Administrator as provided in § 2502 of this title shall incur, for each violation, in a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 2801 of this title. In these cases the only defense shall be that as provided in § 2302 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.03, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2504 - Damages

Every person causing damages to another person or to the Authority on violating any of the provisions of the rules or regulations approved and promulgated by the Administrator as provided in § 2502 of this title shall incur in civil responsibility in accordance with the provisions of sections 2303 and 2304 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.04, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2505 - Tariffs, fees, rents and other charges for facilities of the Authority

The Authority shall charge for the use of its harbor facilities, and for the services or goods it may sell, loan or supply in connection with the use of said facilities, the tariffs, fees, rents and other reasonable and fair charges established by the Administrator, as provided in § 336(l) of this title. Without it being construed as a limitation to the powers herein conferred, the Administrator may fix in accordance with the provisions provided in this section, tariffs, fees, rents and other charges for bringing alongside, wharfage, delay and storing.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.05, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2506 - Tariffs, fees, rents and other charges for services of the Authority

The Authority shall also charge every ship entering a port the tariffs, fees, rents or reasonable and fair charges established by the Administrator as provided in § 2109 of this title for general harbor services rendered by the Authority under this chapter and its regulations for the vigilance, supervision and safety of the harbor and of the vessels within the harbor.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.06, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2507 - Exemptions

(a) Any ship, the property or under the control of the governments of the United States, Puerto Rico or foreign countries not engaged in marine trade shall be exempt from the payment of tariffs, fees, rents or other charges established under § 2506 of this title and from those established for bringing a ship alongside under § 2505 of this title.
(b) The following ships shall also be exempt from the payment of tariffs, fees, rents or other charges established under § 2506 of this title:
(1) Every ship exclusively engaged in marine trade between Puerto Rican ports.
(2) Every minor vessel exclusively engaged in trade in a same port.
(3) Every ship bringing its own catch of fish to be unloaded in Puerto Rico.
(4) Every tourist ship known as cruise ships.
(5) Every ship entering port exclusively for taking the necessary water, provisions or fuel in order to continue its voyage.
(6) Every ship entering port exclusively for making indispensable repairs in order to continue its voyage.
(c) The Director may exempt the payment of tariffs, fees, rents or other charges established under §§ 2505 and 2506 of this title to every ship entering port with the purpose of loading or unloading persons or things in aid of persons injured by disasters which have occurred in Puerto Rico or in any other country, as provided by the Administrator through rule or regulation approved and promulgated in accordance with the provisions in § 2109 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.07, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2508 - Civil responsibility and detention of ship

No ship subject to any payment in accordance with the provisions of §§ 2505, 2506 and 2507 of this title, or of any administrative fine under § 2203 of this title, may leave port without making the payment, for which the owner of the ship, its captain and the agent of any of them shall be jointly responsible. The Authority may detain the sailing of a ship until any sum owed under the provisions of this chapter has been paid.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.08, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2509 - Lien

The judicial claim for any unpaid sum by a ship under sections 2505 and 2506 of this title shall constitute a lien on the ship with the preference provided in § 2305 of this title. Action for this lien shall expire after the lapse of one (1) year from and after the date on which the debt has been settled and demandable.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.09, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2510 - Civil responsibility and lien for charges on merchandise

The owner of every merchandise and his agent shall be jointly responsible for the payment of every indebted sum on the merchandise under the provisions of this chapter. The judicial claim for the indebted sum on any merchandise unloaded in Puerto Rico and lifted from the dock shall constitute a lien on the merchandise with preference over any other except for taxes. Action for this lien shall expire after the lapse of six (6) months from and after the date in which the debt has been settled and demandable.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.10, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2511 - Annual license fee

(a) Every ship exclusively engaged in marine trade between ports of Puerto Rico and every minor vessel exclusively engaged in the traffic of passengers or of passengers and cargo in a same port shall pay in advance to the Authority for each fiscal year the reasonable and fair sum that the Administrator may establish as provided by § 2109 of this title instead of the tariffs, fees, rents and other charges referred to in § 2506 of this title.
(b) Every license issued by the Authority under § 2511 of this title shall state the corresponding correlative number, the name of the ship’s owner and the name of the ship, its tonnage, the port or ports and the trade for which it is issued, the fees paid therefor and the maximum number of passengers and the maximum amount of cargo that the vessel may carry. The license shall always be kept on board the vessel to be shown when requested by the Authority. The Administrator may provide through rule or regulation approved as provided by § 2301 of this title, so that in one (1) or more visible places of the vessel there be exhibited the number of its license and the maximum of passengers and cargo which it may carry.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.11, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2512 - Detention of ship and lien

The Authority shall detain every ship or vessel which must pay and which has not paid the annual license fee referred to in § 2511 of this title, until payment has been made. Any sum due for such reason shall constitute a lien on the ship or minor vessel in the form provided in § 2305 of this title, but action on this lien shall expire after the lapse of one (1) year from and after the detention of the vessel.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.12, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2513 - Damages

Every person causing damage to another or to the Authority on engaging a vessel in trade, or on sailing it, in violation of § 2511 of this title, or of the license issued under said section, shall incur in a civil responsibility in accordance with the provisions in §§ 2303 and 2304 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.13, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2514 - Registration of vessels

Every ship and vessel referred to in § 2511(a) of this title shall be registered with the Authority, who shall issue a certificate to the owner of the vessel with the number and date of register upon previous payment of two dollars ($2).
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.14, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2515 - Detention of vessel

The Authority shall detain every ship or vessel which must be registered and is not registered as provided in § 2514 of this title, until compliance with said section has been made by the owner of the vessel.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.15, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2516 - Offense for violations

Every person who voluntarily uses a vessel for trade or who sails it in violation of § 2511 or § 2514 of this title, or of the license issued under said § 2511 of this title, shall incur, for each violation, in a misdemeanor punishable as provided in § 2801 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.16, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter V - Harbors and Docks (§§ 2501 — 2517) › § 2517 - Public auction sale

The Administrator shall provide in the rules and regulations approved under § 2502 of this title a proceeding for the seizure and sale in public auction of every abandoned ship or merchandise or which illegally obstructs any port, dock or part of a harbor zone, or of every merchandise on which there is pending a fine or payment under the provisions of this chapter, if the ship or merchandise is not moved or the debt on the merchandise has not been paid within a reasonable term which must be stipulated in the corresponding requirement made by the Authority by serving a written notice thereof to the owner or captain of the ship, or to the agent of any of the two (2), or to the owner or consignee of the merchandise, or by fixing said notice on the ship or on the merchandise in question, if none of said persons could be found or are unknown. From the proceeds of the sale, the Authority shall charge any sums owed by the ship or merchandise under the provisions of this chapter, plus the expenses incurred in removing the obstruction and in the public auction sale procedure. The remaining surplus, if any, shall be given to the person entitled to receive it.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 5, art. 5.17, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter VI - Harbor Zones (§§ 2601 — 2607) › § 2601 - Delimitation

The Administrator shall delimit, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and with the approval of the Puerto Rico Planning Board, those parts of the terrestrial maritime zone and other lands adjacent to a port which must become part of its harbor zone. Every harbor zone shall be delimited through regulation approved by the Administrator upon the holding of a public hearing of quasi-legislative character as provided in § 2109 of this title. The Administrator shall give notice of the holding of the public hearing and of the day, hour and place of its holding, by publishing an advertisement to such effect in two (2) or more newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the date appointed for the hearing. The hearing shall be held in the city or town in which the port in question is located, but may be held in the place considered most appropriate by the Administrator should it concern more than one (1) port. The Administrator shall include in the publication of the said notice an appropriate description which he may illustrate with a plan, of the delimitation of the harbor zone or zones which he intends to adopt. After the holding of the public hearing, the Administrator shall approve the corresponding regulations and shall submit same together with the record of the hearing to the Puerto Rico Planning Board. If the regulations are approved by the Planning Board, same shall become effective with force of law after thirty (30) days of its promulgation by the Administrator as provided by law. The Administrator may appeal to the Governor, within the term of thirty (30) days reckoning from the date in which the Board notifies its decision, of any resolution of the Board disapproving or amending the regulation, or may accept the amendments made by the Board. If the Administrator should appeal to the Governor and the latter approved the regulation, for which he may make the amendments which he deems necessary, same shall take effect thirty (30) days after its promulgation as provided by law.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 6, art. 6.01; Apr. 27, 1994, No. 14, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART IV - Navigation and Marine Trade (§§ 2101 — 3223) › Chapter 101 - Dock and Harbor Act of Puerto Rico of 1968 (§§ 2101 — 2801) › Subchapter VI - Harbor Zones (§§ 2601 — 2607) › § 2602 - Powers and duties of the Authority

The Authority shall have the control, jurisdiction and administration of every part of the maritime-terrestrial zone included in a harbor zone, and of said zone and all buildings and structures built thereon that are under the control and administration of the Authority, as provided by § 2202 of this title.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 151, p. 459, § 6, art. 6.02; Apr. 27, 1994, No. 14, § 3.