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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 55 - Gasoline Tanks (§§ 521 — 526) › § 523 - Permit to use bunker and fuel oil tanks

Every owner, lessee, and every natural or [juridical] person who, on and after the date this act takes effect, may desire to use, or to continue using, tanks for the storage of fuel oils of the class known as “bunker and fuel oils” within the district hereinbefore stated shall, before starting or continuing the use thereof, as the case may be, provide himself with a permit issued therefor by the Fire Chief of Puerto Rico, who shall be empowered to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to safeguard the health and safety of the districts near the said tanks, which rules and regulations shall, after their promulgation, have the force of law.
The Fire Chief of Puerto Rico shall refuse to issue any permit, or shall revoke any permit already issued, if the applicant or holder thereof, as the case may be, performs any act in violation of such rules and regulations or fails to comply with the provisions thereof.
History —May 11, 1950, No. 387, p. 900, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 55 - Gasoline Tanks (§§ 521 — 526) › § 524 - Penalties

Any natural or [juridical] person who uses the aforesaid tanks to store or deposit fuel oils of the class known as “bunker and fuel oils” without the proper permit issued therefor by the Fire Chief of Puerto Rico, or any natural or artificial person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each and every day said violation subsists shall be deemed a separate offense committed. The San Juan part of the Court of First Instance shall have exclusive jurisdiction to take cognizance of these cases.
History —May 11, 1950, No. 387, p. 900, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 55 - Gasoline Tanks (§§ 521 — 526) › § 525 - Injunction

Without prejudice to the provisions of § 524 of this title, the actions to suppress public nuisances, as declared in § 521 of this title, shall be prosecuted pursuant to the provisions of §§ 3521—3524, 3532 and 3533 of Title 32; and the Secretary of Justice may institute said actions on his own initiative or on request of the Fire Chief of Puerto Rico, the posting of bond being in no case necessary.
History —May 11, 1950, No. 387, p. 900, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 55 - Gasoline Tanks (§§ 521 — 526) › § 526 - Filling station and airport tanks excepted

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to the tanks of the filling stations for the retailing of gasoline nor to the subterranean tanks in the airports for the storing of aviation gasoline.
History —May 11, 1950, No. 387, p. 900, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 57 - Revolvers, Pistols or Instruments which Fire Blank Cartridges (§§ 541 — 547) › § 541 - Prohibited weapons and instruments

It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in § 546 of this title, to bear, carry, transport, possess or sell any weapon, instrument or device whose general configuration conforms to that of a revolver or pistol and which is capable of detonating blank shells, blank cartridges or any other unit not provided with a missile, that could produce explosion through combustion, including among such weapons, instruments or devices, those revolvers, pistols, instruments and devices known by the name of starter’s pistols, blank cartridge pistols, blank cartridge revolvers, blank starter’s pistols, blank pistols, blank revolvers, blank starter’s revolvers, or any others whose general configuration conforms to those of a revolver or pistol and which fire blank cartridges, blank capsules, or blank shells. By blank capsule, blank shell or blank cartridge shall be understood any hollow unit, cylindric or cubic in form, not provided with a missile, containing in its interior any chemical agent or compound capable of producing explosion by combustion, and provided with a percussion-sensitive detonator.
History —June 25, 1965, No. 88, p. 220, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 57 - Revolvers, Pistols or Instruments which Fire Blank Cartridges (§§ 541 — 547) › § 542 - Exceptions

Excepted from the provisions of § 541 of this title are revolvers expecially manufactured for [sporting] events and theatrical shows and used for such purposes, provided the barrel thereof is a solid cylinder with no orifice whatsoever and ending in a cone.
History —June 25, 1965, No. 88, p. 220, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 57 - Revolvers, Pistols or Instruments which Fire Blank Cartridges (§§ 541 — 547) › § 543 - Delivery, term, right to reimbursement and payment

(a) Within fifteen (15) days after this act is approved by the Governor of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of State shall publish in two newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico a notice containing the text thereof. Said notice shall point out to the citizenry the obligation to surrender, within sixty (60) days following the date of publication of the notice, any weapons, instruments or devices of those mentioned in § 541 of this title which they may have in their possession.
(b) Before expiration of the said term of sixty (60) days any person having in his possession any of the weapons, instruments or devices mentioned in § 541 of this title shall surrender same to the District Commander of the Police of Puerto Rico of the municipality where such person resides.
(c) Any person surrendering any such weapon, instrument or device within the term specified in subsection (a) above shall be entitled to receive the amount of the value thereof according to appraisal made by the official designated therefor by the Superintendent of Police of Puerto Rico, and, if not satisfied with the appraisal made of the weapon, instrument or device so surrendered, said person may claim payment of any difference through action brought in the part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico corresponding to his place of residence, and the decision of the court shall be final and conclusive.
(d) Payment of the price of any weapon, instrument or device surrendered as set forth in this section shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury upon warrant against the funds appropriated for the acquisition of police equipment, and the good faith of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby expressly pledged to the payment of all differences arising from the appraisal of weapons, instruments or devices so surrendered.
History —June 25, 1965, No. 88, p. 220, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 57 - Revolvers, Pistols or Instruments which Fire Blank Cartridges (§§ 541 — 547) › § 544 - Seizure, arrest and confiscation

When the weapons, instruments or devices referred to in this chapter are not surrendered to the Police of Puerto Rico within the term of sixty (60) days prescribed in § 543(a) of this title, or when, after said term has expired, any police agent or peace officer of Puerto Rico shall catch any person in the act of bearing, carrying, transporting or possessing any such weapon, instrument or device, it shall be the duty of said agent or officer to seize the said weapon, instrument or device and to arrest such person so caught in the act of bearing, carrying, transporting or possessing same in violation of this chapter and hold him to answer for the offense incurred.
It shall be the duty of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, which is hereby vested with jurisdiction to take cognizance of violations of this chapter, to order the confiscation of such weapons, instruments or devices so possessed by the said police agents or peace officers as soon as the judgments rendered by said court against the violators of this chapter become final and conclusive. Such weapons, instruments or devices shall be confiscated by the police.
History —June 25, 1965, No. 88, p. 220, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 57 - Revolvers, Pistols or Instruments which Fire Blank Cartridges (§§ 541 — 547) › § 545 - Deposit for confiscation

All weapons, instruments or devices referred to in this chapter which are acquired by purchase, or surrendered or possessed, shall be deposited in the general headquarters of the Police of Puerto Rico for their confiscation.
History —June 25, 1965, No. 88, p. 220, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 57 - Revolvers, Pistols or Instruments which Fire Blank Cartridges (§§ 541 — 547) › § 546 - Penalties

Any person violating the provisions of §§ 541 and 544 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than fifty [dollars] ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or in default thereof, to confinement in jail for one (1) day for each dollar he fails to pay.
History —June 25, 1965, No. 88, p. 220, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 57 - Revolvers, Pistols or Instruments which Fire Blank Cartridges (§§ 541 — 547) › § 547 - Effect of other laws

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as in anywise repealing or modifying the provisions of Act No. 17 of January 19, 1951, as amended, except such provisions of said sections as are in conflict herewith.
History —June 25, 1965, No. 88, p. 220, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 561 - Title

This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Explosives Act”.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 563 - Permits—Requirements

(a) No person shall carry out any or any one of the activities herein listed without having first obtained the corresponding permit or permits from the Superintendent issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and its regulations:
(1) Manufacture explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
(2) Transport explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
(3) Receive, store or possess explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
(4) Use explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
(5) Operate an establishment where explosives or substances are handled that may be used to manufacture explosives.
(b) The permit shall be personal and untransferable. It shall state the activities for which issued; term of effectiveness, which shall not be more than one year; and shall further contain the name of the agent or agents, if any, authorized by the applicant to receive, use, store, possess or transport the explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
The Superintendent may require that the permit include any other information as in his judgment may be necessary.
(c) Issuance of the permits shall constitute authorization to carry out only the activities expressly prescribed therein.
(d) There shall be exempted from the compliance of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the agents of any person to whom the proper permit has been issued whose names appear in said permit, provided the agents act within the scope of their functions in the regular course of their mandate, as authorized in the permit.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 3, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 564 - Permits—Application

Application for obtaining the permit to carry out any of the activities set forth in § 563 of this title shall be filed with the Superintendent on the forms prescribed by him. Said application shall be sworn before any officer authorized to administer oaths, and shall contain the following information:
(1) Name, address and age of applicant.
(2) Name, address and age of the agent authorized by the applicant to receive, use, store, possess or transport the explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
(3) The place where and the purpose for which the explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives shall be used, stored or transported.
(4) The name and quantity of explosives for which permit is requested.
(5) Signature of applicant.
(6) Declaration of applicant and of each one of his agents where each of them shall state if he has been convicted of a felony within or outside Puerto Rico during the last 15 years.
(7) Any other pertinent information that the Superintendent may prescribe by regulation.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 4, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 565 - Permits—Issuance and denial

(a) The Superintendent shall issue the permit applied for, when the applicant shows, to his satisfaction, that he has the appropriate means to carry out the activities specified in the application and that the granting of the permit shall not constitute a hazard to the public safety.
When the Superintendent deems it necessary or advisable for attaining the purposes of this chapter, he may require additional information from the applicant for the purpose of evaluating in the most adequate manner the application under consideration.
(b) Upon issuing or renewing any permit, the Superintendent may, in each case, impose the restrictions or conditions he may deem necessary for the prevention of fires, explosions and for the protection of life and public safety.
(c) The Superintendent, at his own discretion, may deny or refuse to renew any permit when in his judgment the handling or use, by the applicant or his agent, of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives, constitutes a hazard to the public safety.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 5, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 566 - Permits—Bond

Prior to the issuance of any permit, the Superintendent may require the giving of a bond to guarantee payment of the damages that may occur through the use and handling of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives. The Superintendent shall fix the sum to which said bond shall amount and the time during which same shall be kept in effect. It is provided, however, that the bond shall never exceed $ 20,000 nor shall it be a requisite to keep it in effect for a period of more than two (2) months, once the permit has expired or has been revoked. The Superintendent is hereby authorized to prescribe by regulations everything relative to the furnishing of bonds.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 6, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 567 - Permits—Renewal and extension

Every person interested in renewing any permit issued under the provisions of this chapter and its regulations shall follow the proceeding prescribed for the application of permits. The Superintendent may extend the term of effectiveness of a permit as provided by regulation.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 7, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 568 - Permits—Suspension or revocation

The Superintendent may revoke or suspend the permit when, in his judgment, the person to whom it was issued or his agent has violated its terms or any of the provisions of this chapter or of its regulations, or when the manner in which said person or his agent or agents uses, sells, stores, transports or otherwise handles or disposes of the explosives or substances that may be used in the manufacture of explosives, constitutes a hazard to the public safety.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 8, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 569 - Permits—Fees

The Superintendent shall collect a fee of five dollars ($5) for each permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or regulations thereof.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 9, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 570 - Sale or conveyance of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives; record

No person shall sell, donate, deliver or otherwise convey the possession of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives, to a person who does not have a permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and its regulations.
Every person who sells, donates, delivers or otherwise conveys the possession of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives shall keep in his principal office or in the place of his business, a journal or book of record where there shall be clearly stated in writing a brief statement of each transaction or delivery in which shall be included:
(1) The date of transaction.
(2) The kind and quantity of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives, the object of the transaction or delivery.
(3) The name and address of the acquirer; and the name and address of the agent receiving said explosives or substances, if any.
(4) The name and address of the public carrier who transports the explosive or substance that may be used to manufacture explosives, and the number of the license plate of the vehicle to be used.
(5) The use the acquirer or his agent states that shall be given to the explosive or substance that may be used to manufacture explosives.
(6) The permit number for receiving such substances.
(7) Any other pertinent information that the Superintendent may deem necessary to comply with the purpose of this chapter, as provided by regulations.
Both the acquirer or his agent, as the person who conveys or delivers said explosives or substances, shall sign the statement of the transaction made in the journal or book of record.
Said journal or book of record shall be kept for a period of not less than 3 years reckoning from the date of the last transaction.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 10, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 571 - Inspection, reports

The journal or book of record required in the above section may be inspected by any officer duly authorized by the Superintendent. Any person who sells, donates, delivers or otherwise conveys in Puerto Rico explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives shall render monthly reports to the Superintendent, as the latter may provide by regulations, of each and every one of the transactions or deliveries wherein shall be included all the data appearing in the journal or book of record.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 11, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 572 - Importers, dealers, distributors and retailers

Every importer, wholesale dealer, distributor or retailer who sells or offers for sale in Puerto Rico explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives shall keep a journal or book of record where he shall clearly enter a brief statement of each shipment or cargo he receives. The Superintendent shall prescribe by regulations the information that shall be stated in said journal or book of record and the time during which same shall be kept.
The provisions of § 571 of this title shall apply to that herein provided.
The Superintendent may require, if he deems it necessary for the purposes of this chapter, that every importer, wholesale dealer, distributor or retailer who sells or offers for sale, in Puerto Rico, explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives keep a perpetual inventory of same.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 12, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 573 - Encasement and containers

Except only in the factory or while being exploded by an authorized person, no person shall possess, transport or store explosives, unless such explosives are completely enclosed or encased in tight metal, wooden or fibre containers or in any other container approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States of America.
No person having explosives in his possession or control shall, under any circumstances, permit any grains or particles of it to remain on the outside of, or about its container.
Every container shall be duly marked with the name and quantity of the explosive contained therein.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 13, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 574 - Storage

Except while being transported or blasted or while in the custody of a common carrier awaiting shipment or delivery to a consignee, as provided by regulations, every explosive shall be stored in magazines in accordance with this chapter and its regulations. The Superintendent shall regulate everything relative to the storage of the substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 14, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 575 - Blasting or detonating caps

Every person having in his possession or under his control blasting or detonating caps shall keep same in safe and duly closed receptacles or containers, as provided by regulations, except when the latter are being sold, transported or used, in which case the pertinent safety measures shall be taken to avoid blastings that may endanger the safety of persons and properties and to avoid that said articles pass to persons not authorized to possess them.
Every person having in his possession or under his control blasting or detonating caps in quantities of one thousand or over shall keep or store them in magazines where no explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives are stored.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 15, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 576 - Magazines, regulations

The Superintendent shall prescribe, by regulations, everything relative to the construction, location, permit and precautions to be taken near magazines.
No person shall store or keep explosives or blasting or detonating caps in magazines which have not been duly inspected, and for which no permit has been issued by the Superintendent.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 16, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 577 - Transportation

The Superintendent shall, upon taking into consideration the purposes of this chapter, regulate everything relative to the transportation of explosives and substances that may be used to manufacture explosives and blasting and detonating caps. The Superintendent may exempt common carriers duly authorized to transport explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives to comply with the provisions of §§ 570 and 571 of this title.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 17, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 578 - Abandonment of explosives

No person shall abandon or dispose of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives in a manner as to endanger and threaten the public safety. Every person having in his possession or under his control explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives and who does not have any use for them shall deliver them to any person duly authorized to receive them or to destroy them in a safe manner as provided by regulations.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 18, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 579 - Theft or loss of explosives

Every theft or loss of explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives shall be, forthwith, reported to the Police by the person or persons in charge or control of the explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 19, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 580 - Entrance to places containing explosives

No person, with the exception of the owner, his agent, persons authorized by the latter, or the Superintendent, shall enter a factory, magazine or vehicle containing explosives.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 20, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 581 - Persons under 18 years of age

No explosives or substances that may be used to manufacture explosives shall be sold, transferred or delivered to any person under 18 years of age, whether such person acts on his own or on behalf of another person.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 21, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 582 - Use of firearms

No person shall discharge a firearm at a distance of less than 500 feet from a magazine or factory or in the direction or aiming at any of said buildings.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 22, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 583 - Reconsideration and review

Any person aggrieved by any order or decision issued by the Superintendent under the provisions of this chapter or regulations thereof, and any person aggrieved by seizure or confiscation made by the Superintendent may petition for a reconsideration before the Superintendent within 10 days reckoning from the date in which the notice of the decision or order or the seizure or confiscation is received. The Superintendent shall prescribe by regulations the manner in which said reconsideration hearing shall be held, granting thereby to the person applying therefor the right to be assisted by counsel, to produce and cross-examine witnesses and to produce evidence. Every person not in accordance with the decision issued by the Superintendent, after the holding of the hearing, or to whom same is denied, may petition for a review of the Court of First Instance, which court may, in the use of its discretion, grant or refuse same. The petition for review shall be filed within a term of 30 days reckoning from the date of the receipt of the notice of the decision of the Superintendent. A copy of said petition shall be notified to the Superintendent, who shall certify and file with the court a copy of the record of the case.
The filing of the petition for reconsideration or review shall not stay the effects of the order, decision, seizure or confiscation challenged.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 23, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 584 - Administration and regulation

The superintendent shall administer the provisions of this chapter and shall promulgate the rules and regulations as may be necessary to execute its provisions, including such regulations as may be necessary to safeguard the public safety and to prevent that substances governed by this chapter be used for purposes other than those authorized.
In the use of his discretion, the Superintendent, by regulations, may exempt from the provisions of this chapter or the regulations thereof, any sector of the industry or commerce, when compliance of such provisions by said sector of the industry or commerce is unnecessary to attain the purposes of this chapter.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 24, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 585 - Investigative powers

For the purposes of administering and seeing to the compliance of this chapter and the regulations thereof, the Superintendent is hereby empowered to carry out the investigations he may deem advisable; and to this end, he may examine witnesses and may subpoena witnesses to testify and produce documents, books, papers or any other tangible property containing relevant evidence.
If any summons issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter are not complied with, the Superintendent may appeal before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico and demand that it order the compliance of the summons. The Court of First Instance shall give preference to the proceeding of said petition and may issue an order compelling the appearance of witnesses or the production of documents or evidence previously required by the Superintendent. The Court of First Instance shall have power to punish for contempt disobedience of these orders.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 25, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 586 - Penalty for unlawful use

Any person using explosives or any substance that may be used to manufacture explosives for the unlawful purpose of inflicting bodily injury, or to [terrorize] any person, or to injure or destroy any property, or to damage it in any manner, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished with the penalty for a second degree felony.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 26; June 4, 1980, No. 108, p. 348, § 1; Sept. 14, 2004, No. 281, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 587 - Possession for unlawful purposes; penalty

Any person having unlawfully in his possession explosives or any substance that may be used to manufacture explosives, or any object that may be used for blasting or for manufacturing explosives or bombs, such as a fuse, battery, clock, acid, blasting or detonating cap, or any other that may serve for analogous purposes, with the intention of using it to inflict bodily injury or to [terrorize] any person, or to damage or destroy any property, or to cause damage to same in any manner, shall be guilty of a third degree felony.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 27; June 4, 1980, No. 108, p. 348, § 1; Sept. 14, 2004, No. 281, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 588 - Unlawful possession

Any person unlawfully having in his possession explosives or any substance that may be used to manufacture explosives for purposes other than those provided in § 587 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 28; June 4, 1980, No. 108, p. 348, § 1; Oct. 8, 1980, No. 17, p. 1007, § 1; Sept. 14, 2004, No. 281, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 589 - Possession as prima facie evidence of unlawful intention

In the trial of any person accused of having committed any of the offenses set forth in § 587 of this title, if the unlawful possession of explosives or of a substance that may be used to manufacture explosives, is proved, said proof shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant committed the crime or crimes charged and the burden of proof to show the contrary shall fall upon the defendant.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 29, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 590 - Other penalties

Any violation of the provisions in this chapter and its regulations, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, shall constitute a misdemeanor.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 30; June 4, 1980, No. 108, p. 348, § 1; Oct. 8, 1980, No. 17, p. 1007, § 1; Sept. 14, 2004, No. 281, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 591 - False information on proposed use

Any person who in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall furnish false information as to the use which he proposes to give to the explosive or substance that may be used to manufacture explosives shall incur in a misdemeanor. A use different from that set forth in the journal or book of record established in § 570 of this title shall constitute prima facie evidence of the falsehood of the information furnished.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 31, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 592 - Seizure

The Secretary of Justice shall seize every vehicle, mount, vessel or plane in which there is loaded, unloaded, transported, carried or transferred, that is used for loading, unloading, transporting, carrying or transferring, or that is caught loaded, or at the time of loading or unloading, or when transporting or carrying or transferring any explosive or substance that may be used to manufacture explosives, or in violation of the provisions in this chapter or of the regulations thereof.
For the seizure and disposal of vehicles, mounts, vessels or planes the proceeding established by §§ 1723 et seq. of Title 34, known as the “Uniform Seizure Act”, shall be followed.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 32; Sept. 14, 2004, No. 281, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART V - Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Other Dangerous Devices (§§ 411-454 — 593) › Chapter 59 - Explosives Act (§§ 561 — 593) › § 593 - Seizure for unlawful possession

Any explosive or substance that may be used to manufacture explosives and any blasting or detonating caps that may be manufactured, used, possessed, stored, transported, sold or in any manner transferred in Puerto Rico in violation of the provisions of this chapter or its regulations shall be seized and confiscated by the Superintendent.
Any person affected by the seizure or confiscation may petition for reconsideration and review of the decision of the Superintendent following the proceeding established in § 583 of this title.
The Superintendent shall dispose of the substance seized or confiscated, as provided by regulations, in such a manner as not to constitute a danger or threat to the public safety.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 134, p. 396, § 33, eff. 90 days after June 28, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VI - Accident Prevention (§§ 801 — 804-809) › Chapter 81 - Accident-Prevention Council (§§ 801 — 804-809) › § 801 - Creation and membership

The Accident-Prevention Council is hereby created, which shall be constituted by seven members and shall be composed of the Commissioner of Insurance as its ex officio chairman, the Superintendent of Police of Puerto Rico, the Chief of the Puerto Rico Firefighter Corps, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, the Manager of the State Insurance Fund, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and the Secretary of Education, or the representatives of said officials.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 317, p. 558, § 1; May 4, 1944, No. 37, p. 72, § 1; Apr. 26, 1951, No. 154, p. 360, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VI - Accident Prevention (§§ 801 — 804-809) › Chapter 81 - Accident-Prevention Council (§§ 801 — 804-809) › § 802 - Powers to promote protection of human lives

The Accident-Prevention Council shall have power to promote the protection of human life in industry and in places for recreation and sports, buildings devoted to public shows, public streets, and apartment buildings, and homes of Puerto Rico, and for such purposes it shall act in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) It shall establish its office in the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance in order to develop its work and to furnish information to all interested persons.
(b) It shall stimulate and promote throughout the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the organization of boards or committees among such persons as may be concerned with the matter in the various towns of the Commonwealth.
(c) It shall hold annual conventions or assemblies in such places as the Council may determine, to which shall be invited all persons, firms, corporations, etc., concerned with the prevention of accidents and the protection of life, so as to hold discussions of the vital problems involved and thus afford the opportunity for a careful examination of the statistics regarding accidents and other activities carried out, and it shall publish and widely distribute the resolutions of the conventions and assemblies.
(d) It shall award medals, prizes, and trophies for acts of heroism in the saving of human life and the prevention of accidents.
(e) It shall stimulate the normal use of safety appliances and practices, lending thereto its assistance and experience.
(f) In general, it shall initiate, stimulate, and cooperate with all civic and financial agencies and organizations as well as with governmental bodies for the preservation of human life and the prevention of accidents in places for recreation and sports, in industries, in buildings devoted to exhibitions or public shows, in public streets, in apartment buildings and homes of Puerto Rico.
(g) It shall advise the Governor on legislative bills related to the prevention of accidents, and shall advise the officials responsible for the security and accident-prevention programs on measures to improve the effectuation of said programs.
(h) It shall study and propose to the pertinent authorities a plan to coordinate the accident-prevention programs carried out by the various Government agencies.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 317, p. 558, § 2; Apr. 26, 1951, No. 154, p. 360, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VI - Accident Prevention (§§ 801 — 804-809) › Chapter 81 - Accident-Prevention Council (§§ 801 — 804-809) › § 803 - Meetings of council

The Accident-Prevention Council shall hold meetings as often as it may be necessary; but at least once every two months.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 317, p. 558, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VII - Prevention and Control of Crime (§§ 901-912 — 983f) › Chapter 92 - Protection and Security Code (§§ 913 — 920) › § 913 - Definitions

The terms listed below, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings:
(a) Shopping center.— Defined as a private commercial property with areas for the parking of vehicles and service areas for loading and unloading, which houses a conglomerate of commercial establishments or offices.
(b) Establishment.— Defined as a shop, kiosk, office or any other locale engaged in the sale of merchandise, foodstuffs, products, goods, valuables, services and entertainment.
(c) Administrator.— Refers to the shopping center administrator or owner, be it a natural or a juridical person, or the representatives or agents authorized by either.
(d) Tenant.— Refers to any natural or juridical person who is the lessee, tenant or concessionaire of an establishment within a shopping center, or the authorized representatives or agents thereof.
(e) Person.— Refers to a natural person.
(f) Offender.— Refers to any natural person who, with his/her conduct or acts, violates the shopping center’s code of conduct, or whose behavior is detrimental to the rules, the property, the enjoyment and the rights of all other users.
(g) Users.— Refers to those persons present at the shopping center and/or at any establishment, whether visitors, consumers, suppliers or employees of the shopping center and/or its establishments, to carry out activities that conform to those which take place in shopping centers in our Island.
(h) Code of conduct.— Those rules adopted by the shopping center’s administration which establish norms relative to acceptable behavior and to other matters that are reasonably directed toward preventing inappropriate conduct and other activities which could impair the enjoyment or the rights of the users of the shopping center and/or its establishments, or which interfere with the nature or function of the shopping center.
(i) Nonadmittance warning.— Written notice issued by the shopping center administrator or any of its tenants to the offender requesting that he/she immediately leave the shopping center and/or an establishment, listing the reasons for which consent of admission into the shopping center or the establishment is being revoked, and the period for which he/she shall abstain from visiting said shopping center or establishment, as the case may be.
(j) Law enforcement officer.— Refers to any member of the Puerto Rico Police or to any member of the Municipal Police of the municipality where the shopping center is located.
History —Dec. 6, 2007, No. 179, § 2.