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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 661 - Notification of disease among animals required

Every owner or possessor of animals, every breeder of animals, every person bringing animals into Puerto Rico, every owner, manager or person in charge of any transportation company bringing animals into Puerto Rico, and every veterinary surgeon practicing in Puerto Rico, shall, on obtaining knowledge of the appearance of an infectious or contagious disease among the animals owned, brought into the Commonwealth or treated by him, or in his custody, or under his care, give immediate notice thereof to the Secretary of Health, or to one of the veterinary inspectors attached to the Department of Health.
Every person failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for one month in jail, or to both fine and imprisonment.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 1, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 662 - Grazing

Every person who turns out, keeps or grazes an animal knowing it to be infected with or laboring under any infectious or contagious disease, on any roadside or field, where it can come in contact with any other animal not so infected, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for one month in jail, or to both fine and imprisonment.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 2, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 663 - Exposure in public areas

Every person who brings, or attempts to bring, into any market, livery stable, corral, or any other place where other animals may be met with, any animal known by him to be infected with or laboring under any infectious or contagious disease, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for one month in jail, or to both fine and imprisonment.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 3, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 664 - Sale or disposal of diseased cattle

Every person who knowingly sells or disposes of to another person any animal infected with or laboring under any infectious or contagious disease, or the meat, skin, hide, horns, hoofs, or any other part of an animal infected with or laboring under any infectious or contagious disease at the time of its death, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not less than one month, nor more than one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 4, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 665 - Disposal of carcass in rivers, etc

Every person who knowingly throws or places, or causes to be thrown or placed, in any river, stream, canal or other running water, or any lake, or into the sea within ten miles of the shore, the carcass of an animal which has died of disease, or which has been slaugtered as diseased, or suspected of disease, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for one month in jail, or to both fine and imprisonment.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 5, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 666 - Method of disposal of carcass; exhumation, penalty

The carcasses of all animals dying or slaughtered because they were infected or suspected of being infected with a contagious or infectious disease shall, wherever practicable, be destroyed by cremation, and when this cannot reasonably be done, shall be buried at least four feet below the surface of the ground after being covered with quicklime. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, digs up, or causes to be dug up, the buried carcass of an animal which has died, or is suspected of having died, from an infectious or contagious disease, or which has been slaughtered as diseased, or as suspected of disease, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for one month in jail, or to both fine and imprisonment.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 6, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 667 - Seizure and destruction of diseased animals

If any animal infected with or laboring under any infectious or contagious disease, or suspected of being so affected, is sold or disposed of, or is exposed or offered for sale, or is brought or attempted to be brought, for the purpose of being exposed or offered for sale in any market, fair or other open or public place where other animals are commonly exposed for sale, it shall be legal for any inspector or officer of the fair or market, or any policeman, or any local or Commonwealth health officer or inspector, to seize the animal and to report the seizure to the Secretary of Health or to any Commonwealth veterinary inspector and the Secretary of Health shall have authority, if he finds such animal to be laboring under any infectious or contagious disease, to order the destruction and disposal of said animal in accordance with the procedure provided by §§ 661—694 of this title, and also to order the thorough disinfection of the premises and destruction of any pens, troughs, hay, straw or other articles which in his opinion present a danger of spreading the disease to other animals.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 7, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 668 - Proof of disease, appeal

The Secretary of Health shall cause to be slaughtered all animals found to be suffering from infections or contagious disease, or suspected of being so affected, when in his opinion it is necessary to have such animal slaughtered for the purpose of preventing the spread of the disease with which the animal is affected or suspected of being affected. No animal, however, shall be slaughtered because it is believed to be suffering from glanders or tuberculosis, or is suspected of being so infected, until the mallein test has been applied to determine the presence of glanders and the tuberculin test has been applied to determine the presence of tuberculosis and such disease is shown to be present, unless the symptoms of such diseases are plainly and visibly present. Provided, That in all cases where the slaughter of an animal has been ordered by the Secretary of Health the owner of possessor of such animal shall have the right to appeal against such action to the Superior Board of Health whose decision shall be final. Such appeal to be effective shall be made within twenty-four hours after the owner or possessor of the animal has been notified of the decision of the Secretary of Health to have the animal slaughtered.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 8, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 669 - Compensation

When the animal slaughtered was suffering from infectious or contagious disease no compensation shall be paid to the owner. Where the animal slaughtered, however, was only suspected of being so affected, then compensation, to be fixed as hereinafter provided, shall be paid to the owner: provided, it appears that the owner has not been negligent in respect to the care of such animals so as to prevent them from becoming infected with infectious or contagious disease. The compensation paid shall not exceed the market value of the animal and the exact amount of compensation shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of regulations which the Governor of Puerto Rico, with the approval of the Council of Secretaries, is hereby authorized to prepare and promulgate.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 9, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 670 - Experiment and investigation

The Secretary of Health shall have power to reserve for experimental treatment any animal ordered to be slaughtered under §§ 661—694 of this title, and may himself make, or authorize any officer or person employed by him to make post-mortem examinations of the animals which have died, or which are supposed to have died, from infectious or contagious disease, and to dig up the carcasses of such animals for the purpose of investigation.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 10, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 671 - Introduction into Puerto Rico of diseased animals and animal products; prohibition

The Secretary of Health may, with the approval of the Council of Secretaries, from time to time prohibit the importation or introduction into Puerto Rico, or into any particular port thereof, of animals or of flesh, hides, hoofs, horns or other parts of animals, or of hay, straw, fodder or other articles, either generally or from any place named in the order, for such period as he deems to be necessary where in his opinion such action is necessary for the purpose of preventing the introduction of any contagious or infectious disease among animals in Puerto Rico.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 11, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 672 - Discharge of duties by officials

Veterinaries and other inspectors and officers of the Government, on receiving information of the supposed existence of any infectious or contagious disease among animals, shall proceed to the place mentioned, with all practicable speed, and discharge their duties pursuant to the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title, and the regulations made under the authority thereof, and the instructions received by them.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 12, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 673 - Declaration of infected area

Whenever the inspector finds or suspects infectious or contagious disease of animals to exist he shall forthwith make a declaration thereof, in writing over his signature, and shall deliver a copy of such declaration to the occupier of the field, stable, sheds or other premises where the disease is found, and thereupon the said place, with all lands and buildings contiguous thereto and constituting a part of the general premises, shall be deemed to be an infected place until otherwise declared by the Secretary of Health in accordance with the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 13, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 674 - Determination of infected area

Whenever an inspector makes such a declaration of the existence of infectious or contagious disease of animals he shall, with all practicable speed, send a copy thereof to the Secretary of Health, and if it appears that infectious or contagious disease exists the Secretary of Health shall so declare, and may prescribe the limits of the infected place, but if it appears that it did not exist the Secretary shall so declare, and thereupon the place comprised in the inspector’s declaration, or affected thereby, shall cease to be deemed an infected place.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 14, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 675 - Places included in infected area

Whenever under §§ 661—694 of this title an inspector or other official makes a declaration which constitutes a place an infected place, he may also, if the circumstances of the case appear to him so to require, deliver a notice signed by him, of such declaration to the occupiers of the lands, and buildings adjacent thereto, any part of which lie within one mile, or reasonable distance, of the boundaries of the infected place in any direction, and thereupon the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title with respect to infected places shall apply to and have effect in respect to such lands and buildings as if the same were actually within the limits of the infected place.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 15, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 676 - Places included in infected area—Extension of limits

The area of an infected place may, in all cases of a declaration by the Secretary of Health, include any field, stable, cowshed or other premises in which infectious or contagious disease has been found to exist, and such an area as to the Secretary seems proper; and the Secretary may, from time to time, extend or curtail the limits of an infected place beyond the boundaries of the field, stable, cowshed or other premises where infectious or contagious disease is declared or found to exist.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 16, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 677 - Places included in infected area—Description by reference

The area of an infected place in any case may be described by reference to a map or plan deposited at some specified place, or by reference to districts or barrios, farms or otherwise, as circumstances shall permit.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 17, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 678 - Places included in infected area—Termination of designation

The Secretary may at any time upon the request of an inspector or other official, by order, declare any place to be free from infectious or contagious disease, and thereupon and from the time specified in such order the place shall cease to be deemed an infected place.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 18, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 679 - Invalidation of incompatible orders

An order of the Secretary of Health relative to an infected place shall supersede any order of a local authority inconsistent therewith.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 19, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 680 - Transportation through an infected area

The provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title with respect to infected places shall not restrict the moving of any person, animal or thing by railway or other mode of transportation through an infected place, if such person, animal or thing is not detained within the infected place, unless such transport is specifically forbidden.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 20, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 681 - Permits for removal of animals, etc

Whenever under §§ 661—694 of this title a place has been constituted an infected place no live animal, nor the flesh, head, hide, skin, hair, hoofs, wool or offal of any animal, or any part thereof, nor the carcass, nor the remains of any animal, nor the dung of animals, nor any hay, straw, litter or other thing commonly used for or about animals, shall be removed out of the infected place, without a permit signed by an inspector has been obtained, until said place has been released by order of the Secretary of Health.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 21, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 682 - Disinfection of vehicles and vessels

Every company, and every person, transporting for hire animals to or in Puerto Rico shall thoroughly clean and disinfect, in such manner as the Secretary of Health may from time to time direct, all vessels, boats, pens, carriages, trucks, horse boxes or other vehicles used by such company or person for the carrying of animals, and the Secretary of Health may cause any such vehicle to be detained at such place as to him seems proper until is is so cleaned and disinfected.
If the company or person using such vessel, boat, carriage, truck, horse boxes or other vehicle for the carrying of animals fails to cause the same to be cleaned and disinfected, after being notified so to do, within such time as the Secretary of Health directs, the Secretary may cause the same to be cleaned and disinfected at the expense of such company or person, and such expense or cost may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 22, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 683 - Sanitary condition of animal accommodations; condemnation

All yards, stables, sheds or other premises used by railway or steamship companies, or other persons, for the accommodation of animals shall be maintained in a clean, comfortable and sanitary condition, and shall be subject at all times to inspection by inspectors acting under the authority of the Secretary of Health, who, when they deem such action necessary, may order the cleansing and disinfection in a satisfactory manner of said yards, stables, sheds or other premises.
Should any railway or steamship company, or other person, refuse or neglect to carry out the orders of the inspector in regard to such cleaning or disinfection, or should such company or person neglect to maintain its or his yard, stables, sheds or other premises for the use of animals in a clean, comfortable and sanitary condition, the Secretary of Health, upon the report of the inspector, may condemn the said premises as unfit for use, whereupon the said premises shall not be used for the accommodation of animals until such times as the order of the inspector, or of the Secretary of Health, in regard thereto has been satisfactorily complied with.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 23, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 685 - Proof of regulations and presumption of regularity

Any regulation or order made or issued under §§ 661—694 of this title, or any order of the Secretary of Health issued in accordance with the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title, may be proved by the production of a printed or other copy of such order or regulation, certified to by the Secretary of Health and any such order or regulation shall, until the contrary is proven, be deemed to have been duly made and issued at the time at which it bears date.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 25, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 686 - Entry for enforcement

Any inspector or other officer appointed for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title may for the purpose of carrying into effect of any of the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title enter any place or premises, or any steamship, vessel or boat, or any carriage, car, truck or other vehicle used for the carriage of animals, but shall, if called upon so to do, state in writing the grounds on which he makes such entry.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 26, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 687 - Presentation of animals for inspection; penalties

It shall be the duty of every person owning or having possession of animals in Puerto Rico, upon receiving notice in writing so to do, to present such animals at the time and place specified in the notice for inspection by the veterinary inspectors or other employees attached to the Department of Health. Every person failing to comply with this provision and every person who refuses to admit, or who obstructs or impedes an inspector or other officer acting in the performance of his duties in enforcing the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title, or of any order or regulation issued thereunder, and every person who aids and abets such person in so obstructing or impeding an inspector or other officer, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, to a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 27, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 688 - Seizure of imported animals; penalty

If any animals are imported or brought into, or attempted to be imported or brought into Puerto Rico contrary to the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title, or of any order or regulation issued thereunder, they may be seized by the Secretary of Health, or any of his officials, and forfeited to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and may be forthwith slaughtered and disposed of, in accordance with the last paragraph of § 668 of this title, and every person who imports or brings into, or attempts to import or bring into, Puerto Rico any animal contrary to the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title, or of any order or regulation issued thereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for every animal so imported or brought into Puerto Rico, or attempted to be imported or brought into Puerto Rico, by him.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 28, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 689 - Penalty for unlawful transportation

Every person who moves or causes or allows to be moved any animal, hide, skin, hair, wool, horns, hoofs, offal, carcass, meat, dung, hay, straw, litter or other thing in violation of the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title with respect to infected places shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 29, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 690 - Penalty for ignoring notice of disease

Whenever any person having animals in his possession, or keeping animals within a district wherein infectious or contagious disease exists, posts a notice at the entrance of a building or enclosed place in which such animals are kept forbidding persons to enter that building or place without his permission, and any person, not having the right of entrance into the said building or place, knowingly enters into the same, or any part thereof, in violation of the notice, the person so entering shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every such offense shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20).
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 30, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 691 - Penalty for failure to disinfect vehicles

Every person who fails to comply with the requirements of any order made under the provisions of §§ 661—694 of this title respecting the cleaning and disinfecting of steamships, vessels, boats, pens, carriages, trucks, horse boxes or other vehicles used by such person for the transportation of animals shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall [be] liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 31, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 692 - Violations without specific penalty

Every person who violates any provision of §§ 661—694 of this title, or of any order or regulation issued in pursuance of the provisions thereof, in respect to which no penalty is hereinbefore provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 32, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 693 - System for inspection and registration; forms; internal revenue stamps

The Secretary of Health is hereby directed to organize a system for the inspection and registration of such animals as the owners or possessors thereof may desire to have inspected and registered. Said system shall provide for the use of a form calling for a description of the animals in such a way that they can be plainly identified from such description, and statements regarding the health and condition of the animals, and such other data as may be deemed necessary. In all cases where an animal is inspected for purposes of registration two (2) copies of this form shall be filled out, one copy of which shall be given to the owner or possessor of the animal registered, and the other shall be forwarded to the Secretary of Health, for filing in his office. Before delivery of the form to the owner or possessor of the animal, such owner or possessor shall purchase, affix to said form and cancel, internal revenue stamps to the value of twenty-five cents (25¢). Said stamps shall be affixed and cancelled in such manner as the Secretary of Health shall determine.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 33, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter II - Disease Control by Department of Health (§§ 661 — 694) › § 694 - Detail of policemen

The Governor of Puerto Rico is hereby given authority to detail such number of Commonwealth policemen as in his opinion is wise to act as deputies or assistants of the veterinary inspectors attached to the Department of Health, and when so detailed such policemen shall have any and all of the powers of such veterinary inspectors as the Governor of Puerto Rico in making such detail may determine.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 34, eff. July 1, 1907.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 723 - Quarantine corrals—Construction

The Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to establish in all those places which in his judgment may be necessary, quarantine corrals in which to keep cattle imported into Puerto Rico under the provisions of Act No. 118, of May 5, 1939, as subsequently amended, until the corresponding blood samples of said cattle are taken in order to determine whether or not said cattle are free from contagious abortion or any other disease which, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture, requires the adoption of such measure.
History —May 8, 1941, No. 133, p. 860, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 724 - Quarantine corrals—Regulations for use

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to regulate the use of the quarantine corrals for cattle, hereby created, and the rules, regulations, and proclamations authorized by him for that purpose shall have the force of law.
History —May 8, 1941, No. 133, p. 860, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 725 - Quarantine corrals—Appointment of personnel

The Secretary of Agriculture may appoint the necessary personnel to carry out the provisions of §§ 723—725 of this title.
History —May 8, 1941, No. 133, p. 860, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 726 - Control of epizoism—Official declaration

Once the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico shall have scientifically ascertained the existence in Puerto Rico of an outbreak of aphthous fever, contagious pleuropneumonia, European cholera, or any other epizoism threatening the life of domestic or wild animals in Puerto Rico, he shall officially declare the existence of such epizoism.
History —Feb. 23, 1955, No. 6, p. 26, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 727 - Control of epizoism—Necessary measures; cooperation of U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon officially declaring the existence of such epizoism, take all such measures as he may deem necessary. He shall forthwith notify the United States Department of Agriculture and shall invite the Disease Control and Eradication Division to cooperate with him toward the extinction of the said epizoism.
History —Feb. 23, 1955, No. 6, p. 26, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 728 - Control of epizoism—Regulations

The Secretary of Agriculture shall have power to make such regulations and adopt such measures as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of §§ 726—729 of this title and for carrying out as strictly as possible the purposes hereof. Every regulation prescribed under the provisions hereof shall have the same force and effect as if it were a part of §§ 726—729 of this title, and shall be published in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation on the Island.
History —Feb. 23, 1955, No. 6, p. 26, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 729 - Control of epizoism—Penalties

Every person, firm, corporation, public carrier, or agent thereof violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of §§ 726—729 of this title or of the rules or regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or by both penalties in the discretion of the court.
History —Feb. 23, 1955, No. 6, p. 26, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 730 - Introduction of diseased animals into Puerto Rico prohibited

The introduction into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of domestic or wild animals showing symptoms of, or suffering from, or which have been exposed to, any infectious, contagious or transmissible disease, or which are infected with or have been exposed to internal or external parasites such as ticks, borers or others, is hereby forbidden. Likewise, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to prohibit or condition, by regulation to such effect, the transportation or movement in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of domestic or wild animals which show symptoms of, are suffering from, or have been exposed to, any infectious, contagious or transmissible diseases, or that have been infected by or been exposed to internal or external parasites such as ticks, borers or others. The regulations issued to this effect by the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the provisions contained in §§ 735 and 735a of this title which are part of §§ 730—739 of this title.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 1; June 8, 1979, No. 68, p. 140, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 731 - Reports of animal diseases by veterinarians

Every veterinarian authorized to practice in Puerto Rico is bound to inform the Secretary of Agriculture, in writing or by telephone, as soon as he has knowledge thereof, about the presence in Puerto Rico of the infectious, contagious, or transmissible animal diseases the said Secretary may by regulation specify.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 732 - Disposal of infected animals

Every animal brought or which arrives in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which suffers from or is a carrier of, or has been exposed to, any infectious, contagious or transmissible disease, or that is infected by or has been exposed to internal or external parasites such as ticks, borers or others, shall be, at the option of the importer or owner, returned to its place of origin at the importer’s or owner’s expense or shall be destroyed and buried or incinerated at the expense of the owner thereof, under the supervision or official control of the Secretary of Agriculture or his authorized representative. Those animals which suffer or are carriers of, or have been exposed to, brucellosis are exempted from this provision. They may be slaughtered for human consumption under the supervision or the official control of the Secretary of Agriculture or his authorized representative. In the event the owner declines or refuses to return it to its point of origin, or to kill and bury or incinerate it, the employees of the Department of Agriculture are hereby authorized to destroy and bury or incinerate such animal, and the owner thereof shall reimburse the Department of Agriculture for expenses incurred in destroying the animal and disposing of the carcass. The Department of Agriculture shall not pay any compensation for any animal so destroyed under the provisions of this section.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 3; May 22, 1959, No. 15, p. 72; May 1, 1973, No. 12, p. 48; June 8, 1979, No. 68, p. 140, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 733 - Penalty for failure to destroy and bury or incinerate animals

Any natural or juridical person, importer or owner of any animal suffering from or a carrier of any infectious, contagious, or transmissible disease that refuses to destroy and bury or incinerate the same after being so requested by the employees of the Department of Agriculture, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than thirty dollars ($30) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor longer than two (2) months, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court; it being understood that in case of a second offense, such natural or [juridical] person shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than two (2) months nor longer than one year, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 734 - Regulations generally; diagnosis, vaccination and quarantine; expenses

The Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered to promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effectuation of the purposes of §§ 730—739 of this title, including rules and regulations on tests for the diagnosis of diseases, inoculation with vaccine and other biological preparations, enforcement of quarantines and other sanitary police requirements to which every animal must be submitted before leaving the port of origin; the requirements to be specified in the official certificates accompanying every animal which is to be brought to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and such other requirements with respect to diagnosis, vaccination, quarantine, and veterinary sanitary police measures to which every animal permitted to enter the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be submitted upon arrival therein. All expenses incurred by the Department of Agriculture for materials and other necessities related with diagnosis, vaccination and quarantine called for by diseases suffered by the animals to be introduced into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall be for the account of the owner of the animals.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 735 - Regulations as to epizootics

With the purpose of preventing, fighting, controlling or eradicating any epizootia or any infection of ticks and other internal or external parasites that may arise among domestic or wild animals in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered to:
(a) Promulgate regulations to prevent, fight, control or eradicate the spreading of any infectious or contagious disease or any infestation of ticks or other parasites in domestic or wild animals in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Promulgate a quarantine, or quarantines, with respect to any region or place in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which it has been determined that there is epizootia or an outbreak of an infectious or contagious disease in animals in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In such cases, the quarantine may be absolute or regulations may be adopted to prescribe the method and manner under which the animals may be moved or transported from the quarantined areas or places to other areas or places in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(c) Take emergency methods such as the slaughtering, destruction or treatment of the animals affected by or exposed to any infectious or contagious disease, or of animals infested by or exposed to ticks or other internal or external parasites in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Empower the Secretary to establish in the Department of Agriculture a registry and certification of cattle dealers or of persons engaged in the purchase and sale of domestic as well as wild animals. To such effect, the Secretary shall establish a bill of sale or conveyance to be used in the purchase and sale operations, transportation and moving of such animals to and within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(e) Act per se or by means of cooperation agreements with other persons, agencies or instrumentalities of the federal, Commonwealth or municipal governments to carry out the measures needed to eradicate, suppress, control or prevent the introduction or propagation of any infectious or contagious disease, or of any infestation of ticks or other parasites in domestic or wild animals in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(f) Carry out all the legal acts needed to achieve the objectives of §§ 730—739 of this title.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 6; June 8, 1979, No. 68, p. 140, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 735a - Right of Secretary to detain, inspect and examine

The Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or his authorized representative is hereby authorized to:
(a) Detain, inspect and examine any person or means of transportation or cargo which arrives in Puerto Rico from any state, territory or district of the United States, or from any foreign country, or that moves within Puerto Rico, and any domestic or wild animal transported or brought by such person or means of transportation or cargo, if identified as such, and without the need of a search warrant, as long as, in the Secretary of Agriculture’s opinion or that of his representative, there is probable cause to believe that said person or means of transportation or cargo transports or carries any domestic or wild animal in violation of §§ 730—739 of this title or any regulations prescribed pursuant thereto; or that such means of transportation or cargo, or animal, is infected with any infectious or contagious disease, or is infected with parasites, such as ticks, borers or others, or is being introduced or moved in violation of §§ 730—739 of this title or any regulations or quarantine promulgated hereunder.
(b) Require the presentation of waybills, manifests, bills, shipping notices, conveyances or any other documents related to said domestic or wild animals which arrive in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from any state, territory or district of the United States and any foreign country, or that are moved within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for inspection with the purpose of verifying compliance of §§ 730—739 of this title, or of any regulations or quarantine promulgated hereunder. Likewise, in the case of animals which are transported, conducted or moved exclusively within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Agriculture or his authorized representative is empowered to require the presentation of bills, conveyances, inspection certificates or any other document which identifies or is related to such animals. It will be mandatory that the person in charge of such documents make them immediately available to the inspectors for the above stated purpose.
(c) With the consent of the importer, owner or person in charge, or through a search warrant to such effect, he may enter any place to inspect the domestic or wild animals whenever it is necessary to prevent or control the spread of infectious or contagious diseases in said animals, or their infestation by internal or external parasites.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, added as § 6-A on June 8, 1979, No. 68, p. 140, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 736 - Publication and effect of regulations

Following their publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico, all rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of §§ 730—739 of this title and for the effectuation of the purposes hereof shall have the force of law.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 737 - Burial of diseased animals

It shall be the duty of every owner to bury the animals that die from infectious or contagious diseases as determined in his regulations by the Secretary of Agriculture.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 738 - Transportation of diseased animals

It is hereby strictly prohibited to move, transfer, convey, or lead, on, through, or along the highways or municipal or vicinal roads, whether walking, by bus, truck, animal-driven cart, railway or any other vehicles, any animal or animals suffering from the infectious or contagious diseases, as determined through regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 9.