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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43A - Scholarship Available for Surviving Spouse and Minors of Deceased Policemen (§ 405) › § 405 - Awarding of grants

(a) The award of grants for the payment of tuition in any public higher education institution of Puerto Rico, is hereby authorized for the surviving spouse, as long as she/he remains unmarried; for his/her children under twenty-one (21) years of age; and for those up to twenty-five (25) years of age who are pursuing graduate studies, of Commonwealth or Municipal police officers deceased in the line of duty or due to work-related health conditions or accident, or in those cases where while off-duty, the officer loses his/her life as a result of his/her intervention to prevent the commission of a crime.
(b) The scope of the grants for the payment of tuition shall be limited to a maximum term of six (6) years of a full-time study program to obtain a bachelor’s degree, or for the maximum term required by the institution to obtain said academic degree on a part-time basis.
(c) The grants thus awarded shall be used exclusively for the payment of tuition and the purchase of textbooks, and shall not be applicable to any other obligation with the academic institution. The grants shall be awarded for any academic session, including summer session.
(d) Students receiving such grants shall comply with all the admission requirements and policies of the educational institution.
(e) The grants awarded for the payment of tuition and the purchase of textbooks, are conferred in addition to other compensations and benefits that may be granted by other state and federal laws.
(f) The Puerto Rico Police Superintendent is hereby empowered to promulgate the necessary regulations, in coordination with the Municipal Police Commissioner and the University of Puerto Rico, to enact the provisions of this chapter. The regulations shall contain those scholarship programs that are available for the payment of tuition.
History —Sept. 3, 1998, No. 263, §§ 1—6; Dec. 28, 2003, No. 317, §§ 1—5; Mar. 29, 2004, No. 89, § 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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456 - Electronic register

The Superintendent shall issue weapons and/or gunsmith licenses pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which shall be designed to expedite the electronic registration of all transactions involving firearms and ammunition by the person who holds either of the above. It shall pertain to the Superintendent to provide, through regulations, the manner in which the electronic register system shall operate, and to ensure that the system that is designed directly informs the Police of every transaction made by a license holder. The Puerto Rico Police is granted a term of six (6) months from the date of effectiveness of this act to install this register.
The weapons license shall be issued on an identification card, sufficiently small to be carried in a commonly used wallet, and shall contain, at least, a photograph of the petitioner, his/her complete name, date of birth, personal data and his/her weapons license number. It shall also contain the date of issue and expiration of the license, as provided below. It shall also contain the mechanisms to access the Police electronic register system to ascertain its veracity and other relevant data, such as identification of its scope according to the categories of bearing, carrying the weapon, target shooting, hunting, or all categories. The license shall not contain the address of the petitioner, nor shall it mention the weapons or ammunition authorized for purchase, but the Police electronic register shall contain and furnish said information to its users.
Provided, That until the Police installs and makes the electronic register system available to gunsmiths, the Superintendent shall issue to every licensee a provisional identification card that contains, at least, a photograph of the licensee, his/her full name, date of birth, personal data, the license number and the caliber corresponding to the ammunition he/she is authorized to buy. It shall also contain the date of issue and expiration of the license, as provided below. The official identification card issued according to the provisions of this chapter shall be the only document providing the legal authority to conduct the authorized activities. Once the electronic register system is duly implemented, the Superintendent may only issue the electronic identification card. If the system is not available at the time a transaction takes place, said transaction shall be conducted according to the procedure the Superintendent provides through regulations.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.01; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 2; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456b - Transfer of funds

The Department of the Treasury is hereby directed to transfer to the Superintendent the moneys collected on account of the Internal Revenue vouchers included in the application required by §§ 456a, 456d, 457a, 457c, 457g, 457i, and 460c of this title, as well as the total amount of funds collected for administrative fines as set forth in the various sections of this chapter. These funds shall be used exclusively for all matters directly pertaining to the continuous and uninterrupted operations of the electronic register and to the process for issuing weapons licenses, as well as to defray the cost of any campaign deemed to be needed to orient the public on the use and handling of the weapons, and the legislation pertinent thereto. Provided, further, That for Fiscal Year 2013-2014, the sum of six million dollars ($6,000,000) shall be transferred from this Special Fund to the 2013-2014 Budget Support Fund. Moreover, for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be transferred from this Special Fund to the Legal Liability Fund.
Moreover, for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, the sum of one million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty-four dollars ($1,418,754) in account number 0400000-253-081-2002, or in any other created for the same purposes in the Department of the Treasury’s accounting system shall be transferred from the resources of this Special Fund to the “2015-2016 Legal Liability Fund”.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.03; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 4; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 4; June 30, 2013, No. 43, § 4, eff. July 1, 2013; July 1, 2014, No. 78, § 9; July 2, 2015, No. 105, § 16.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456c - Procedure for licensing government officials

The Governor, legislators, mayors, secretaries, directors and heads of agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth and federal judges, Commonwealth and federal prosecutors, minor’s advocates, the Superintendent, members of the Police Force, officials, agents and employees of the government of Puerto Rico who because of their office and the duties they perform are required to carry a weapon, and every law enforcement officer, may carry weapons. In addition, former governors, former legislators, former superintendents, former Commonwealth and federal judges, former Commonwealth and federal prosecutors, former minor’s advocates, former mayors of Puerto Rico, and former law enforcement officers may carry firearms, as long as they were honorably retired, are not restricted by this chapter from owning firearms, and in the case of former law enforcement officers, have served in such a capacity for not less than ten (10) years. The members of the United States Armed Forces and the Puerto Rico National Guard may also carry the weapons assigned to them by said organizations without a license while engaged in the official duties of their office. To such ends, the Superintendent shall establish an expedited procedure whereby the abovementioned officials, with the exception of law enforcement officers and the Superintendent him/herself, shall be granted a weapons license with the corresponding permit to carry a weapon.
Those law enforcement officers, government officials and employees authorized to carry and train with firearms belonging to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or to the federal government, shall register the caliber of their official weapon in order to purchase and use ammunition on their weapons license with a permit to carry, with the prior authorization of the head or director of the agency and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.04; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 5; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456e - Weapons license; permits to carry weapons; persons exempted from payment of the voucher

The following persons shall be exempted from the payment of the Internal Revenue vouchers and stamps referred to in §§ 456a, 456d and 457c of this title should they be interested in applying for a weapons license or any of the permits established in this chapter.
(1) Persons with physical disabilities, engaged in target shooting as certified by the Olympic Committee;
(2) government officials listed in § 456c of this title;
(3) officials, agents and employees of the Government of Puerto Rico who, due to their office and the functions they perform, are required to carry weapons;
(4) former governors, former legislators, former superintendents, former Commonwealth and federal judges, former Commonwealth and federal prosecuting attorneys, former minors’ advocates and former mayors of Puerto Rico provided they have retired honorably, and
(5) former law enforcement officers provided their retirement has been honorable and that they have served for more than ten (10) years.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.06; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456f - Felony charges; seizure of weapons

Upon a finding of probable cause for the arrest of any person to whom a license to carry weapons has been granted, for the commission of any of the crimes specified in § 456j of this title, or of violations of the provisions of this chapter, the court shall provisionally suspend the license until the final determination of the criminal procedure. Provided, further, That the court shall order the immediate seizure of all weapons and ammunition of the licensee for their custody in the police weapons and ammunition depot. Upon a final and binding determination that the accused is not guilty, the judge shall order the immediate return of the weapons license and all weapons and ammunition. All weapons and ammunition returned must be in the same condition they were when seized. The licensee shall be exempted from the payment of the storage fees. Should the judicial action result in a final and binding conviction, the Superintendent shall permanently revoke the license and shall seize all weapons and ammunition.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.07, eff. Mar. 1, 2001.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456j - Denial of license

The Superintendent shall not issue a weapons license nor shall the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury issue a dealer license, or if they have been issued, they shall be revoked and the Superintendent shall attach the license and the arms and ammunitions of any person who has been convicted in or outside of Puerto Rico, for any felony or attempted felony, for conduct constituting domestic violence as typified in §§ 601 et seq. of Title 8 [, for conduct constituting stalking as typified in §§ 4013 et seq. of Title 33, or for conduct constituting abuse of minors as typified in Act No. 342 of December 16, 1999]; Provided, further, That no license shall be issued to any person who has a mental illness that disqualifies him/her to possess a weapon; a habitual drunkard, or one addicted to the use of narcotics or drugs; or any person who has renounced his/her American citizenship, or has been dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States, or removed from any agency of law and order of the Government of Puerto Rico, or any person who has been convicted of any violation of the provisions of this chapter or the former Weapons Act (former §§ 411—454 of this title).
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.11, eff. Mar. 1, 2001.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456l - Grounds to empower law enforcement officers to seize weapons

Any law enforcement officer shall seize the license, weapon and ammunition owned by a licensee when he/she has grounds to believe that the licensee has made or shall make illegal use of said weapon and ammunition to harm other persons; has threatened to commit a crime; has stated the intent to commit suicide; has repeatedly demonstrated negligence or carelessness in handling the weapon; when it is deemed that the holder has a mental condition, is considered to be a habitual drunkard, or is addicted to controlled substances; or in any other situation of serious risk or danger that justifies this emergency measure. A law enforcement officer shall also seize the license, weapons and ammunition when the holder thereof is arrested for committing a felony or a misdemeanor that implies violence. Upon the petition of the party from whom the weapon is seized, filed within fifteen (15) work days after the weapon is seized, the Superintendent shall hold an administrative hearing within a term of not more than forty-five (45) days to sustain, review or modify the seizing performed by the law enforcement officer. The Superintendent shall issue his/her decision within a term of not more than forty-five (45) days from the date of said formal administrative hearing, and if the Superintendent’s decision is favorable to the injured party, he/she shall order the immediate return of the seized weapon or weapons.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.13; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 11; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 10.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter II - Licenses and Regulations (§§ 456 — 456o) › § 456o - Tracking and Analysis Center

The Superintendent shall establish a Tracking and Analysis Center in the general Police headquarters, through regulations, to investigate the origin of every weapon that is recovered or is found to be in the possession of a person, illegally.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 2.16, eff. Mar. 1, 2001.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter III - Target Shooting Permit (§§ 457 — 457e) › § 457a - Gun club licenses—Regulations

(a) Gun club licenses shall only be granted to those clubs engaged in the target shooting sport that are constituted according to the provisions of this chapter. The application for the license shall be made by the owner, or the president and secretary of the target shooting sport club or organization, and the license issued to such effect shall allow the practice of the sport in the site or sites designated for such purpose by the Secretary for only two (2) years. Every club or organization that is engaged in, or wishes to engage in the target shooting sport, shall furnish the following data on the application for a license:
(1) Name of the club or organization;
(2) location of the target range;
(3) description of the facilities available at the time the permit for the practice of the sport is requested;
(4) a list, in duplicate, of the names of the owners of the club or all the directors and officers, including the mailing and residential address; age, and occupation of each, as well as a sworn statement that the club has more than twenty-five members;
(5) in the case of a corporation or partnership, a certificate that it has been duly constituted under the laws of Puerto Rico;
(6) an internal revenue voucher in favor of the Puerto Rico Police for two hundred dollars ($200), as payment for the application fee;
(7) a certification of affiliation to the Sports Shooting Federation, and
(8) a full public liability insurance policy, which shall be kept in effect, in an amount that shall not be less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for damages or bodily injury (including death), and property, or third party damages. Said insurance policy shall be issued by a company duly authorized by the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico to do business in Puerto Rico.
(b) In the cases of applications for the renewal of the gun club license, the club must meet all the requirements stated in subsection (a) of this section, except that the cost of the renewal fee shall be of one hundred dollars ($100). The license thus renewed shall also be effective for two (2) years.
(c) The Superintendent may deny the original license or the renewal requested by any club or organization, if the application does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 3.02; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 14.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter III - Target Shooting Permit (§§ 457 — 457e) › § 457b - Gun club licenses—Revocation

No club devoted to the target shooting sport may operate in Puerto Rico without the corresponding license issued by the Superintendent, pursuant to the procedure established in § 457a of this title. Provided, That the licenses of those clubs are subject to being revoked for the fact of allowing persons who do not have the permits contemplated in this chapter to shoot firearms, without impairing the other causes for the revoking of licenses established in this chapter. Those persons who are devoted solely and exclusively to the practice or competition of target shooting with pneumatic weapons in gun clubs, shall not be required to hold any license or permit whatsoever. In this case, they shall be required to be members or partners of a gun club and of a shooting federation or organization.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 3.03, eff. Mar. 1, 2001.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter III - Target Shooting Permit (§§ 457 — 457e) › § 457d - Temporary target shooting permits

(a) Any sportsperson domiciled outside of Puerto Rico who wishes to come to Puerto Rico to practice or compete in target shooting sports events shall apply for a temporary target shooting permit. The temporary target shooting permits shall be applied for before the weapons and ammunition enter the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, through a form to such effects, which shall contain a recent photograph of each shooter, his/her essential data, passport number should he/she be a foreign citizen, the number of the weapons license or its equivalent issued by the authority with jurisdiction to issue said licenses in the place of residence of the applicant and if said document in said place of residence, the number of weapons he/she brings, their type, caliber, brand and serial number, if any.
(b) In all cases that involve only one invited shooter, the procedure shall be the same as the above. In all cases it shall be necessary to include with the documents provided, the date of arrival to the Island, the place of lodging, and the day of his/her departure.
(c) As an exception to the Weapons Act, in any of the above cases in which the person arrives in Puerto Rico without ammunition, he/she may purchase those needed according to the calibers he/she has indicated in his/her application for a permit, indicating the number of the provisional permit granted by the Superintendent. The armory shall proceed with the sale, leaving a record thereof and notify the Puerto Rico Police in the same manner and through the same means that have been established by this chapter for such purposes. Provided, That any unused ammunition must be returned to the armory that sold the same, and be reimbursed for their cost minus twenty-five percent (25%) of said cost that may be retained by the armory to defray the cost of the service provided.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 3.05; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 16.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter III - Target Shooting Permit (§§ 457 — 457e) › § 457e - Canceling of shooting permits

The Superintendent shall cancel the shooting permit of any person whose weapons license is revoked. The Superintendent shall also cancel the permit of any shooter who evinces disorderly or negligent conduct in any shooting competition, tourney or championship, or that attempts to participate in them in a state of drunkenness, or demonstrates mental disability, or who takes part or in implied in any movement to overthrow by force, violence or any illegal means the Government of the United States or Puerto Rico, or any political subdivision of said governments or that fails to pay the federate seal.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 3.06, eff. Mar. 1, 2001.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457f - Special licenses

The Superintendent may issue special licenses to those security agencies devoted to the transportation of valuables in armored vehicles that so request and that are duly authorized to operate as such, authorizing them to purchase, possess and dispose of weapons and maintain at their place of business a long barreled non-automatic weapons depot and an ammunition dump to be used solely and exclusively by the security agents employed by said agencies assigned to the transportation of valuables in armored vehicles while in the performance of their duties.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.01 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457g - Procedure for applying

Any security agency that wishes to obtain the license provided in § 457f of this title shall file with the Superintendent an application by means of a statement sworn before a notary, accompanied by an internal revenue voucher for the amount of five hundred dollar ($500). The applicant shall specify the physical and mailing address of its main office.
The Chief Executive Officer of the agency applying for the license shall have to obtain a weapons license under the categories for carrying weapons and target shooting and comply with each and every procedure and condition required by §§ 456a, 456d and 457c of this title. Said Officer shall be the custodian of the long barreled weapons authorized to him/her and be directly responsible for the faithful compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, as well as with the provisions of this chapter applicable to licensees.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.02 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457h - Agency regulations

The security agencies shall have [sic] submit for the approval of the Superintendent, together with their application for a license, regulations for the use, handling and control of the long barreled weapons in their possession, to include but not be limited to, the conditions under which their agents shall carry the long barreled weapons authorized for the agency. The Superintendent shall establish through regulations the minimum requirements that the regulations of every security agency must contain.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.03 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457i - Effective term; transfer of special license

The special license issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be valid for a term of one (1) year as of its date of issue and may be renewed annually for the same term. The application for renewal shall be filed with the Superintendent at least thirty (30) days prior to its date of expiration, accompanied by an internal revenue voucher in favor of the Puerto Rico Police in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500).
This special license shall be valid only for those businesses mentioned and described in the license. Said license may not be transferred to any other business or to any other person and shall be automatically cancelled when the corporation or partnership is dissolved or when an application for liquidation has been filed under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or the chief executive officer who signed the original application has been substituted, even though said special license may be de novo applied for as soon as the new chief executive officer complies with the provisions of this chapter. In these cases the Superintendent may issue a temporary license for a term of not more than thirty (30) days.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.04 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457j - Long barreled weapons depot and ammunition dump

Any application for a special license to purchase, possess and dispose of weapons and maintain at the place of business a long barreled weapons depot and ammunition dump must be accompanied by attesting proof of the fact that the security agency employs five (5) persons or more for such a purpose.
The applicant for a special license to purchase, possess and dispose of weapons and maintain at the place of business a long barreled weapons depot shall also comply with all provisions and security requirements for gunsmith licenses, as well as any other requirements provided by the Superintendent through regulations.
Once the Superintendent has certified that the place of business of the applicant meets the obligatory safety requirements for a gunsmith license, the special license applied for shall be issued. The business of the applicant shall operate only in the designated premises and be subject to inspection by any police officer or agent of the Special Investigations Bureau of the Department of Justice and its license shall be displayed in a visible place in the applicant’s office. No weapon whatsoever may be kept in said premises other than those whose possession has been authorized according to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.05 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457k - Limit to the number of weapons

The special license to possess and maintain at the place of business a long barreled weapons depot shall allow the security agency to have under its control and care a specific number of long barreled weapons such as semiautomatic shotguns and rifles registered in its name in the registers of the Superintendent. The agency may only acquire two (2) long barreled weapons over the number of armored vehicles owned by the agency and devoted to the transportation of valuables as certified by the Public Service Commission.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.06 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457l - Requirements for agency employees as to the use of long barreled weapons

Any agent working for a security agency devoted to the transportation of valuables may carry long barreled weapons property of the security agency if his/her weapons license includes a permit to carry a weapon after having received and passed a course previously approved by the Superintendent on the use and handling of every type of weapon that may be carried. The course must be offered by an instructor and a gun club duly authorized by the Puerto Rico Police.
It is hereby provided that the cost for the training of the employees shall be defrayed by the security agency and may not be transferred under any circumstances to the candidate.
The security agency must file with the Superintendent an application with the name and personal data of every employee who has qualified for carrying a long barreled weapon while engaged in the transportation of valuables in armored vehicles, certifying that they have attended and passed the aforementioned course on the use and handling of long barreled weapons. To such ends, the Superintendent shall issue a special license for said security agents.
If authorized to carry the weapon, the security agent may only use the weapons described in the special license of the security agency, subject to the conditions imposed in the limited license, if any.
Once the application filed by the security agency has been approved, the Superintendent shall issue an authorization so that said employees may be able to carry weapons of the security agency during their working hours and while duly wearing the uniform of the authorized security agency.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.07 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457m - Limitations of the license

Any license issued by the Superintendent to a security agent authorizing said agent to carry on his person a long barreled weapon, shall be deemed to be strictly limited to cover the functions related to the transportation of valuables in armored vehicles and to escorting armored vehicles, including the supervision of the vault’s security of and the physical premises as well as internal security.
The owner of the firearms for which a special license is issued shall be the security agency in whose favor the license is issued. The authorization issued by the Superintendent to the security agency shall not give the security agent any right whatsoever on said weapon beyond the right to carry the same while in the performance of his or her duties.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.08 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457n - Powers of the security agency

The security agency may immediately seize any firearm of its property held by a security agent employed by said agency at any time deemed pertinent. Furthermore, should the agency believe that said agent is using said weapon wrongly, or when it has grounds to believe that the fact that the agent carries the weapon endangers his or her life or the life of third parties, the agency shall immediately notify said action to the Superintendent for the corresponding action or actions.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.09 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457o - Reasons for revoking or refusing to renew a special license

Any of the following reasons shall be cause for revoking or refusing to renew a special license under this subchapter:
(a) Fraud or deceit in obtaining the license.
(b) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations.
(c) If the holder of a special license or any director or official of the security agency has been convicted on any crime that entails the revocation of the same, as provided in this chapter.
(d) Violation of any of the provisions of §§ 601 et seq. of Title 8.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.10 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457p - Noncompliance

The custodian of firearms and/or the security agency that holds a special license issued to those security agencies engaged in the transportation of valuables in armored vehicles that fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or operates a weapons depot without being duly authorized by the Superintendent, shall incur a felony and if convicted shall be sanction with a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor of more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and have all licenses obtained by virtue of the provisions of this chapter cancelled without the possibility of being newly applied for and the Superintendent shall order that all weapons registered in their name be immediately seized.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.11 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457q - Vicarious liability

Those security agencies that have been conferred licenses to purchase, possess, dispose of and maintain a weapons depot and an ammunition dump are by civil law vicariously liable for the damages that may be caused by a weapon they own, regardless of whether they have been caused by a person not authorized by the agency to carry the weapon or whether the person has acted intentionally or negligently, except:
(a) When the agency proves that the damages were caused in the legitimate exercise of the functions of its agent or that said damages were provoked by the victim, or
(b) when the firearm that caused the damages has been stolen from the weapons depot or ammunition dump of the agency and the latter proves that it had taken all security measures possible for the custody of its weapons, and notified the Puerto Rico Police of the theft and complied with all the provisions of this chapter.
Any agreement and contractual provision that contravenes the provisions of this section shall be null and void and be deemed as not having been executed.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.12 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter IV - Security Agencies that Transport Valuables in Armored Vehicles (§§ 457f — 457r) › § 457r - Ammunition

Those security agencies that obtain the special license provided in this subchapter are hereby authorized to purchase a reasonable amount of ammunition for the weapons authorized for them by the Superintendent in said license. The security agency shall maintain a perpetual inventory of the authorized weapons and ammunition as well as a register of their daily movement. These registers shall be subject to inspection by the Puerto Rico Police. Provided, further, That the acquisition, purchase, sale, donation, assignment or any means of transferring the ownership of the firearms, munitions or accessories conducted by virtue of this special license must have been duly registered in the electronic register by the means provided in this chapter.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 4.13 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter V - Weapons (§§ 458 — 458t) › § 458 - Manufacture, importation, sale and distribution of weapons

It shall be necessary to hold a license issued pursuant to the requirements set forth in this chapter to manufacture, import, offer, sell or have available for sale, rent or transfer any firearms or ammunition, or that portion or part of a firearm on which the manufacturer of the same places the serial number of the firearm. Any infraction of this section shall constitute a felony and be punished with imprisonment for a fixed term of fifteen (15) years, without the right to suspended sentence, to parole, or to enjoy the benefits of a diversion program or to benefits or alternatives to imprisonment acknowledged in this jurisdiction, having to serve in calendar years the total amount of the penalty imposed. Should there be aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty established may be increased up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) years; should there be extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of ten (10) years.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 4.01, renumbered as § 5.01 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 18; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 14.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter V - Weapons (§§ 458 — 458t) › § 458a - Prohibition of sale to unlicensed persons

No dealer shall deliver a weapon to a buyer unless he/she can show a weapons license in effect. When the buyer of the weapon is a hunter or shooter authorized to own firearms, the sale and delivery thereof shall be made in the same manner that is indicated in this chapter.
A dealer who knowingly sells firearms to a person without a license shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be sanctioned with a penalty of imprisonment for a fixed term of fifteen (15) years. If there were aggravating circumstances, the penalty established may be increased to a maximum of twenty-five (25) years; if there were mitigating circumstances, it could be reduced to a minimum of ten (10) years.
A conviction under this section shall entail the automatic cancellation of the dealer license.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 4.02, renumbered as § 5.02 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 18.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter V - Weapons (§§ 458 — 458t) › § 458b - Trade in automatic firearms

Any person who sells or has for sale, or offers, delivers, rents, lends or otherwise disposes of any firearms that may be fired automatically, regardless of whether said weapon is classified as a machine gun or otherwise, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished with a penalty of imprisonment for a fixed term of twenty-four (24) years, without the right to suspended sentence, to parole, or to enjoy the benefits of a diversion program or to benefits or alternatives to imprisonment acknowledged in this jurisdiction, having to serve in calendar years the total amount of the penalty imposed. Should there be aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty established may be increased to a maximum of thirty-six (36) years; should there be extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of eighteen (18) years.
This penalty shall not apply to the sale or delivery of a machine gun or any other firearm that can be fired automatically, to be used by the Police and other law enforcement agents.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 4.03, renumbered as § 5.03 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 18; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 15.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter V - Weapons (§§ 458 — 458t) › § 458d - Carrying and use of bladed weapons and others

Any person who without justified motive, uses against another person brass knuckles, blackjacks, bludgeons, ninja stars, knives, daggers, swords, slings, rapiers, harpoons, curved knives, stilettos, air guns, ice picks, or any other similar object that may be deemed to be a bladed weapon, including safety razor blades, cudgels and hypodermic needles, or syringes with needles or similar instruments, or unsheathes, shows, or uses to commit or attempt to commit a crime, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished with a penalty of imprisonment for a fixed term of three (3) years. Should there be aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty established may be increased to a maximum of six (6) years; should there be extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of six (6) months and one (1) day. The penalties established herein shall be without the right to suspended sentence, to parole, or to enjoy the benefits of a diversion program or to benefits or alternatives to imprisonment acknowledged in this jurisdiction, having to serve in calendar years the total amount of the penalty imposed.
Any person who possesses, carries, or conveys any of the weapons listed herein for their use as instruments proper to an art, sport, profession, occupation, trade or due to any health condition, or disability, or defenselessness, is excluded from the application of this section.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 4.05, renumbered as § 5.05 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 18; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 17.
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 51A - Puerto Rico Arms Act of 2000 (§§ 455 — 460k) › Subchapter V - Weapons (§§ 458 — 458t) › § 458d-1 - Manufacturing, possession and distribution of bladed weapons

Any person who without justified motive related to any art, sport, profession, occupation or trade, or due to a health condition or disability manufactures, imports, offers, sells, owns or has for sale, rent or transfer brass knuckles, blackjacks, bludgeons, ninja stars, knives, daggers, swords, slings, rapiers, harpoons, curved knives, stilettos, ice picks, or any other similar object or any similar instrument that is deemed to be a bladed weapon shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a fixed term of three (3) years. Should there be aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty established, may be increased to a maximum of six (6) years; should there be extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of one (1) year and one (1) day.
The prohibition set forth in this section extends to any person imprisoned for the commission of any crime.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, added as § 5.05A on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 20; June 3, 2004, No. 137, § 18.