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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/522/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 522 - Labeling | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 522 - Labeling | (a) It shall be the duty of every manufacturer or distributor of commercial fertilizers or soil additives to label each container thereof with the following printed clearly legible information:
(1) Name of the product in the container.
(2) Name and address of the manufacturer.
(3) Net weight in pounds of each bundle, a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/523/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 523 - False labeling | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 523 - False labeling | (a) The importation or distribution in Puerto Rico of falsely labeled commercial fertilizers or amendments to the soil is hereby forbidden.
(b) A commercial fertilizer or amendment to the soil shall be considered falsely labeled:
(1) If the label does not bear all the information required by § 522 of this title.
(2) If... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/524/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 524 - Adulteration and deficiencies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 524 - Adulteration and deficiencies | (a) The importation or distribution in Puerto Rico of commercial fertilizers or amendments to the soil deficient as to the guaranteed analysis is hereby forbidden.
(b) A commercial fertilizer or soil additive shall be deemed adulterated of deficient:
(1) If it contains any raw material or other substance whose use in s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/525/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 525 - Inspection, sample taking and analysis | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 525 - Inspection, sample taking and analysis | (a) The Secretary shall be empowered to order the inspection, sample taking and analysis of the commercial fertilizers or amendments to the soil imported or distributed in Puerto Rico and to publish the results of such inspections and analyses in bulletins, newspapers, magazines or in any other manner deemed advisable ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/526/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 526 - Rules to determine deficiencies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 526 - Rules to determine deficiencies | To determine if a commercial fertilizer or raw material for fertilizer is or is not deficient for the purposes of §§ 519—535 of this title, the following rules shall be applied:
(1) When the official chemical analysis thereof discloses that its total commercial value is less than ninety-seven percent (97%) of its guara... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/527/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 527 - Penalties for deficiencies in the guaranteed analysis | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 527 - Penalties for deficiencies in the guaranteed analysis | In the event that any commercial fertilizer shows a deficiency in any of its elements or nutritive substances in a higher degree than that specified in § 526 of this title (it being understood that each unit shall correspond to one percent (1%) per weight) [in] relation to the guaranteed analysis, after the result of t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/528/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 528 - Detention and confiscation of commercial fertilizers and amendments to soil | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 528 - Detention and confiscation of commercial fertilizers and amendments to soil | (a) The Secretary shall be empowered to issue a detainer on any lot of a commercial fertilizer or amendment to the soil that in his judgment is being distributed or imported in violation of any of the provisions of §§ 519—535 of this title or of the regulations promulgated hereunder. It is hereby prohibited to distribu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/529/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 529 - Taxes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 529 - Taxes | An extraordinary tax of twenty cents per ton or fraction of a ton of commercial fertilizer manufactured or distributed in Puerto Rico is hereby levied. In the case of liquid fertilizers, and for the purpose of levying the tax, the tons or fractions thereof shall be calculated on the basis of their densities at twenty-s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/529a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 529a - Penalties and interest on taxes in arrears | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 529a - Penalties and interest on taxes in arrears | Every manufacturer or distributor or commercial fertilizer or soil additives who fails to pay the extraordinary taxes established in § 535 of this title within the term fixed by this provision, shall [pay] the following surcharges in addition to said taxes:
(1) Progressive surtax. — Five percent (5%) of the total amoun... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/530/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 530 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 530 - Regulations | The Secretary shall draft, with the advice of the Fertilizer Board, the corresponding regulations for commercial fertilizers and soil additives, in which all those rules for the inspection, analysis, manufacture, [importation] and distribution of commercial fertilizers and soil additives not in conflict with §§ 519-535... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/531/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 531 - Damages by harmful substances | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 531 - Damages by harmful substances | If any commercial fertilizer or amendment to the soil contains substances harmful to vegetation, even though its purity may be guaranteed by the manufacturer or distributor and the composition of the respective commercial fertilizer or amendment to the soil may correspond to the stipulated guarantee, the purchaser may ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/532/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 532 - Emergency; rationing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 532 - Emergency; rationing | When the Secretary determines that an emergency exists in the supply or production of commercial fertilizers and/or raw materials for fertilizers for use in Puerto Rico, or that the possible stock of such commercial fertilizers and/or raw materials for fertilizers for use in Puerto Rico does not offer a guarantee of st... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/533/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 533 - Administrative fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 533 - Administrative fines | After holding the corresponding administrative hearing, in which the person involved shall have the opportunity to be heard, according to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, the Secretary is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines up to a sum of on... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/534/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 534 - Review of administrative decisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 534 - Review of administrative decisions | Any administrative decision of the Secretary establishing penalties for deficiencies or levying administrative fines may be appealed from within the fifteen (15) days following the date on which the aggrieved party was served notice of the decision. The appeal shall be filed in the proper part of the Court of First Ins... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-23/535/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535)›§ 535 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 23 - Fertilizer (§§ 501 — 535) › § 535 - Penalties | Any person who manufactures or distributes any commercial fertilizer, raw material for fertilizer or soil additive in Puerto Rico without first having complied with the provisions of §§ 521 and 522 of this title or with the regulations which by virtue of the latter have been established, or who alters or adulterates th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-24/537/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 24 - Agricultural Materials Analysis and Registration Laboratory (§§ 537 — 538)›§ 537 - Fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 24 - Agricultural Materials Analysis and Registration Laboratory (§§ 537 — 538) › § 537 - Fees | (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to charge a fee for voluntary (non-compulsory) services rendered by the Agricultural Materials Analysis and Registration Laboratory [of the Department of Agriculture] to private persons or entities that request them. The income derived therefrom shall be covered int... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-24/538/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 24 - Agricultural Materials Analysis and Registration Laboratory (§§ 537 — 538)›§ 538 - Special fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 24 - Agricultural Materials Analysis and Registration Laboratory (§§ 537 — 538) › § 538 - Special fund | (a) We hereby authorize the creation of a special fund that shall be known as the “Special Fund for the Agricultural Materials Analysis and Registration Laboratory”. The Fund shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture for the benefit of the Agricultural Materials Analysis and Registration Laboratory, known ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/554/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 554 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 554 - Short title | Sections 554—565 of this title shall be known by the short title of “Commercial Feed for Domestic Animals Act of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 28, 1962, No. 110, p. 326, § 1, eff. July 1, 1962. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/555/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 555 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 555 - Definitions | For the purposes of §§ 554—565 of this title the following definitions shall govern:
(a) Secretary. — The Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico or his authorized representative.
(b) Person. — Any individual, partnership, association, cooperative association, corporation, or any other form of legal organization.
(c) D... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/556/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 556 - Registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 556 - Registration | (a) To be distributed in Puerto Rico, it shall be an indispensable requisite that all commercial feeds be registered in the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico by the representative or agent in Puerto Rico of the manufacturer of the commercial feed produced outside of and introduced into Puerto Rico, or by the man... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/557/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 557 - Labeling | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 557 - Labeling | (a) Every commercial feed distributed in Puerto Rico shall bear a mark or label containing the following information, printed in Spanish or English; Provided, That the information required under clause (2) of this subsection shall always appear in Spanish, and at his option, also in English or in any other language tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/558/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 558 - False labeling | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 558 - False labeling | (a) The distribution in Puerto Rico of commercial feeds falsely labeled is hereby prohibited.
(b) A commercial feed shall be deemed as falsely labeled:
(1) If the label does not contain all the information required by regulations.
(2) If the information required in the label differs from the data in the certificate of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/559/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 559 - Adulteration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 559 - Adulteration | (a) The distribution in Puerto Rico of adulterated commercial feeds is hereby prohibited.
(b) A commercial feed shall be considered adulterated:
(1) If it contains ingredients whose use in that commercial feed is prohibited by any regulation promulgated by the Secretary.
(2) If the analysis of an official sample reveal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/560/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 560 - Inspection, sample taking, and analysis | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 560 - Inspection, sample taking, and analysis | (a) The Secretary shall be empowered to direct the inspection, taking of samples and analysis of the commercial feeds distributed in Puerto Rico, and to publish the results of said inspections and analysis in bulletins, newspapers, reviews, or in any other form deemed convenient, for the knowledge of the general public... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/560a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 560a - Penalties for not conforming commercial feed to its guarantee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 560a - Penalties for not conforming commercial feed to its guarantee | In the event that a commercial feed does not conform to the guarantee, or shows a deficiency in the guaranteed analysis stated in its registration, or in its labeling, it shall constitute a gross violation of §§ 554—565 of this title and the manufacturer of said commercial feed shall be subject to respond pursuant to t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/561/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 561 - Stoppage and confiscation of commercial feed | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 561 - Stoppage and confiscation of commercial feed | (a) The Secretary shall be empowered to issue an order of stoppage with respect to any lot of commercial feed that in his judgment is being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of §§ 554—565 of this title or of the regulations promulgated hereunder. It is hereby prohibited to distribute or otherwise dispos... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/562/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 562 - Inspection fees and sales report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 562 - Inspection fees and sales report | (a) An inspection fee of forty cents ($0.40) is hereby established for each ton of commercial feed distributed in Puerto Rico. All proceeds from this inspection fee shall be covered into the Special Agricultural Materials Analysis Laboratory and Registration Fund—Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture.
(... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/563/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 563 - Rules and regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 563 - Rules and regulations | (a) The Secretary is hereby empowered to promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of §§ 554—565 of this title. In addition to the rules and regulations that may be made under the provisions of other sections of this act, the Secretary may also promulgate rules and regulations for:
(1) Pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/564/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 564 - Cancellation of registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 564 - Cancellation of registration | The Secretary may cancel all registrations of commercial feeds in behalf of a person who fails to render within the term specified by §§ 554—565 of this title the quarterly affidavits in respect to each commercial feed so registered in his behalf and distributed in Puerto Rico, or who defaults in the payment of the cor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/564a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 564a - Revision of administrative determinations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 564a - Revision of administrative determinations | Any administrative determination of the Secretary establishing that a commercial feed is adulterated, or falsely labeled, or that the composition and analysis of the feed is not in accordance with what was guaranteed at the time of registration in the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, may be appealed from withi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-25/565/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565)›§ 565 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 565 - Penalties | Every person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of §§ 554—565 of this title or of the regulations promulgated by the Secretary thereunder, shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the penalty of imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) mon... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/610/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 610 - Coffee imports from infected areas—Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 610 - Coffee imports from infected areas—Prohibition | It shall be illegal to introduce into Puerto Rico any coffee plants, seeds or beans, or bags used for coffee, coming from the countries where the insect Stephanoderes coffeae exists, or from any other country which shall have imported coffee plants, seeds or beans coming from the said countries; Provided, That this pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/611/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 611 - Coffee imports from infected areas—Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 611 - Coffee imports from infected areas—Penalties | Any violation of the provisions of §§ 610—612 of this title shall be considered a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days.
History —May 11, 1938, No. 184, p. 368, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/612/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 612 - Coffee imports from infected areas—Enforcement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 612 - Coffee imports from infected areas—Enforcement | The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prepare the regulations necessary for the best enforcement of §§ 610—612 of this title.
History —May 11, 1938, No. 184, p. 368, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613 - Short title | Sections 613—613n of this title may be cited as the “Plant Quarantine Act of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 93, p. 397, § 1, eff. 120 days after June 5, 1973. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613a - Definitions | (a) Puerto Rico. — Means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico.
(c) Department. — Means the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico.
(d) Person. — Means [any] natural or [juridical] person, his agents, employees or representatives.
(e) Inspector. — Means th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613b - Introduction of soil, earth or sand, prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613b - Introduction of soil, earth or sand, prohibition | It is hereby prohibited to introduce into Puerto Rico, from any place abroad, soil, earth, sand or any similar material, unless by permit granted by the Secretary and in accordance with the conditions he may prescribe.
The Secretary may refuse to issue a permit or may suspend a permit he has issued to introduce any of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613c - Powers of Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613c - Powers of Secretary | The Secretary is hereby empowered to:
(a) Promulgate such regulations and prescribe such measures to govern propagation establishments or nurseries in Puerto Rico, including the inspection and registration of same and the inspection and certification of vegetative material for propagation and the movement in Puerto Ric... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613d - Authorization to inspect | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613d - Authorization to inspect | The Secretary or his authorized representative is hereby empowered to:
(a) Stop and inspect, provided he is identified as such and without need of an order of inspection, any person or means of transportation or freight arriving at Puerto Rico from any place abroad, or moving within Puerto Rico, and any plant, plant pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613e - Treatment or destruction of infested plants—Notification | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613e - Treatment or destruction of infested plants—Notification | Whenever the Secretary or his authorized representative finds, upon an inspection, any plant or plant product or vegetative material for propagation infested or infected with any harmful plant pest, he shall give written notice to such effect to the owner or person in charge of the establishment or facilities where suc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613f - Treatment or destruction of infested plants—Damages, claims | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613f - Treatment or destruction of infested plants—Damages, claims | In cases where as a result of the administrative treatment, any plant, plant product or vegetative material for propagation has been damaged or unduly confiscated or destroyed under the authority of §§ 613—613n of this title, through fault or negligence of the Secretary or his authorized representative, the owner may r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613g - Introduction of insects | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613g - Introduction of insects | The introduction into Puerto Rico of any insect alive or dead or in any stage of development, or of any plant pest, is hereby prohibited, unless authorized upon previous permit granted by the Secretary, and unless made in accordance with the conditions that the Secretary may prescribe in the permit.
The Secretary may r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613h - Introduction of plants, etc., by experimental stations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613h - Introduction of plants, etc., by experimental stations | The Secretary may permit the introduction by experimental stations of the Government of the United States and of the Government of Puerto Rico for experimental or scientific purposes of any kind of plant, plant product, vegetative material for propagation, soil, earth or sand, as well as plant pests or any other materi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613i - Introduction of adult bees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613i - Introduction of adult bees | There shall not be introduced into Puerto Rico from any state, territory or district of the United States or from any other country adult bees (queen bees, workers and drones or male bees) of all the species of the Apis genus, or eggs, larvae, nymphs or pupas, or honeycombs; Provided, That there may be introduced into ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613j - Receipt of plants, etc., subject to inspection; notice to Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613j - Receipt of plants, etc., subject to inspection; notice to Secretary | Any person, including shipping and airlines and other public carriers and military transports of any kind which may receive in Puerto Rico plants, plant products, vegetative material for propagation or other things capable of harboring or carrying plant pests and which are subject to inspection under the provisions of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613k - Declaration of quarantine | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613k - Declaration of quarantine | Whenever by virtue of the provisions of §§ 613—613n of this title the Secretary declares any quarantine with respect to any orchard, nursery for propagation, farm, region or place in Puerto Rico, or with respect to any state, territory or district of the United States, or foreign country, because of the existence of an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613l - Plant Quarantine Technical Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613l - Plant Quarantine Technical Board | The Secretary is hereby authorized to appoint a Plant Quarantine Technical Board, composed of five (5) members, which shall be the advisory body of the Secretary in matters related with plant quarantine. Ex officio members of said Board shall be the Secretary, who shall be its Chairman, or the Subsecretary of Agricultu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613m - Public hearings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613m - Public hearings | The Secretary may hold public hearings when he deems it advisable, giving to any interested party the opportunity of being heard, before promulgating any quarantine or regulation under the authority of §§ 613—613n of this title.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 93, p. 397, § 14, eff. 120 days after June 5, 1973. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613n - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613n - Penalties | Any person who violates any provision of §§ 613—613n of this title or of any quarantine or regulation promulgated by the Secretary hereunder, or who obstructs or may attempt to obstruct the implementation of §§ 613—613n of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-27/613o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o)›§ 613o - Control of plant diseases and pests; Special Fund—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 27 - Prevention of Plant Diseases (§§ 581 — 613o) › § 613o - Control of plant diseases and pests; Special Fund—Creation | (a) A Special Fund, which shall be known as the Special Plant Quarantine Office Fund, is hereby created separate from any other fund of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for the exclusive use of the Plant Quarantine Office.
(b) The one hundred percent (100%) of the money collected for the issue of certificates, permits,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-i/641/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d)›Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651)›§ 641 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651) › § 641 - Creation | A Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory is hereby created in the Department of Agriculture, and it is authorized to charge a reasonable fee for the tests or analyses performed and the services rendered, and the funds so generated shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture in benefit of the labora... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-i/642/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d)›Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651)›§ 642 - Location | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651) › § 642 - Location | The said laboratory shall be installed in the Industry Building of the Department of Agriculture.
History —Apr. 1, 1946, No. 254, p. 520, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 1, 1946. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-i/643/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d)›Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651)›§ 643 - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651) › § 643 - Funds | Beginning with Fiscal Year 1947-48 there shall be appropriated in the general budget of expenses of the Government of Puerto Rico for each year, the funds the Legislature may deem necessary to pay the salaries of the officers and employees for, as well as the general expenses of, the said laboratory.
History —Apr. 1, 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-i/644/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d)›Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651)›§ 644 - Certain veterinary pr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651) › § 644 - Certain veterinary practices—Use of trained personnel | The heads of departments and agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized, whenever they are unable to obtain from the Office of Personnel or through any other legal source the services of the necessary veterinary physicians for the development of the government programs, to use duly trained person... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-i/645/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d)›Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651)›§ 645 - Certain veterinary pr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651) › § 645 - Certain veterinary practices—Training of personnel by licensed veteri... | The heads of the departments and agencies who may need the personnel referred to in § 644 of this title shall designate one or more authorized veterinarians to instruct and train the persons designated by said officials in, and acquaint them with the performance of, the practices above specified.
History —July 29, 1958... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-i/646/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d)›Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651)›§ 646 - Certain veterinary pr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651) › § 646 - Certain veterinary practices—Supervision by licensed veterinarians | The personnel so trained and prepared to undertake these tasks shall be assigned to perform said functions under the supervision of the veterinary or veterinarians so designated, who shall assign the specific tasks to be performed by said personnel, and the presence of the said veterinarians at the time the personnel p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-i/647/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d)›Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651)›§ 647 - Certain veterinary pr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter I - Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Laboratory; Government Veterinary Personnel (§§ 641 — 648-651) › § 647 - Certain veterinary practices—Regulation | The heads of departments or agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico who may need said veterinary technicians are hereby empowered to promulgate the necessary regulation for the enforcement of §§ 644—647 of this title.
History —July 29, 1958, No. 4, p. 342, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/661/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/662/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/663/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/664/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/665/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/666/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/667/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 pla... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/668/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/669/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 ow... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/670/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/671/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 produ... | 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 genera... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/672/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/673/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/674/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/675/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/676/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 curt... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/677/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/678/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/679/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/680/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/681/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 common... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/682/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/683/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/684/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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)›§ 684 - Regulations | 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) › § 684 - Regulations | The Secretary of Health shall have power, with the approval of the Council of Secretaries, to make and enforce such regulations as in his opinion are necessary for any of the following purposes, to wit:
(a) The subjecting of animals to quarantine, or causing the same to be slaughtered upon their arrival in Puerto Rico,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/685/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 suc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/686/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 us... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/687/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/688/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 Puert... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/689/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 convic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/690/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 per... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/691/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 g... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/692/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 hun... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/693/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 st... | 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 pla... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-ii/694/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/723/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 sampl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/724/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/725/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/726/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 exist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/727/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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. ... | 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 o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/728/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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 an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/729/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/730/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-29/subchapter-iii/731/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›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 | 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.
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