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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/261/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 261 - Mergers and acquisition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 261 - Mergers and acquisition | (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to acquire or contract to acquire the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of any corporation or the whole or any part of the assets of any person engaged in trade or commerce in Puerto Rico, where in any line of commerce in any section of the Commonwealth of Pue... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/262/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 262 - Exclusive dealing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 262 - Exclusive dealing | It shall be unlawful for any person to lease, or make a sale or contract for lease or sale, directly or indirectly, of real estate, or lease or make a sale or contract for lease or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies or other commodities, whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption or resale... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/263/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 263 - Price discrimination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 263 - Price discrimination | (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to discriminate in price between different purchasers of commodities of like grade and quality, where such commodities are sold for use, consumption, or resale in Puerto Rico, and where the effect of such discrimination may be substantially to less... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/264/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 264 - Sales in Puerto Rico at prices different from those at which the articles ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 264 - Sales in Puerto Rico at prices different from those at which the articles are sold elsewhere | It shall be unlawful to sell, contract to sell, offer to sell, or participate in any step for the sale of articles in Puerto Rico, after making due allowance for differences in costs incident to the delivering of goods in Puerto Rico and the costs of handling such goods in Puerto Rico, at prices which are substantially... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/265/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 265 - Liability of corporate officers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 265 - Liability of corporate officers | Whenever a corporation or legal entity violates any provision of this chapter, the individual directors, officers, trustees, managers, or agents of said corporation or legal entity who shall have authorized, ordered or committed the acts constituting such violation, shall also be subject, personally, to the penalties s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/266/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 266 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 266 - Penalties | Any person who violates §§ 258, 260, 263(f) or 264 of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or by both penalties, in the discret... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/267/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 267 - Statute of limitations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 267 - Statute of limitations | No criminal proceeding under this chapter may be brought more than four (4) years after the commission of the last act constituting in whole or in part the violation charged.
History —June 25, 1964, No. 77, p. 235, § 11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/268/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 268 - Actions by persons suffering damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 268 - Actions by persons suffering damages | (a) Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person, by reason of acts or intended acts, forbidden or declared to be unlawful by the provisions of this chapter, except §§ 259 and 261 of this title, may sue therefor in the Court of First Instance and shall recover threefold the damages by... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/269/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 269 - Jurisdiction and enforcement provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 269 - Jurisdiction and enforcement provisions | The Court of First Instance is hereby vested with jurisdiction to prevent, prohibit, enjoin and punish violations of this chapter, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Justice to institute proceedings for injunctions or any other proceeding to prevent, prohibit, enjoin and punish such violations, and to obtain ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/269a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 269a - Prohibited acts, injunctions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 269a - Prohibited acts, injunctions | Every person shall have the right to institute proceedings for injunctions before the Court of First Instance to prevent losses or damages to his business or property by any other person, by reason of acts or intended acts, forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this chapter.
Sections 259 and 261 and subsection (f) of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/269b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 269b - Additional jurisdiction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 269b - Additional jurisdiction | In addition to the provisions on summons prescribed by the Rules on Civil Procedure for the General Court of Justice, jurisdiction on a defendant shall be acquired, whether he is a natural or [juridical] person, if directly or indirectly he breaks this law and, in addition, draws substantial income from used or consume... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/270/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 270 - Other parties to be summoned | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 270 - Other parties to be summoned | Whenever the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court before which any proceeding under this chapter may be pending, said court may cause said parties to be summoned.
History —June 25, 1964, No. 77, p. 235, § 14. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/271/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 271 - Powers and duties of the Secretary of Justice | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 271 - Powers and duties of the Secretary of Justice | (1) The Secretary of Justice is hereby empowered to appoint the Assistant Secretary and the attorneys assigned to the Office of Monopolistic Affairs hereinafter created, as special prosecutors. Each such official so appointed shall have all the powers and authority of a district attorney, and may act as such before any... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/272/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 272 - Administrative organization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 272 - Administrative organization | (a) Office of Monopolistic Affairs; organization and powers. — The Office of Monopolistic Affairs in the Department of Justice is hereby created. Said Office shall operate under the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice, but its immediate direction shall be in charge of an Assistant Secretary of Justice appoi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/273/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 273 - Requirements for compliance with the act | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 273 - Requirements for compliance with the act | At the request of the Secretary of Justice, the Court of First Instance shall have authority to order any person, following the procedure prescribed for the issuance of the writ of mandamus, to comply with any act required by any regulation of the Office of Monopolistic Affairs or with any order issued in accordance wi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/274/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 274 - Voluntary retailers’ chains | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 274 - Voluntary retailers’ chains | The establishment of voluntary chains of retailers of goods and services to institute common programs, including negotiations, purchases and advertising on pricing, carried out by small merchants engaged in retail sales and providers of services who each own up to five (5) business establishments, to join together and ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/274a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 274a - Certifications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 274a - Certifications | The Commercial Development Administrator is hereby empowered to issue certifications, at least every two (2) years, recognizing the bona fide status of voluntary chains and common programs of retailers who qualify for the purposes of § 274 of this title. The Commercial Development Administrator may charge fees for said... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/274b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 274b - Certifications—Establishment of parameters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 274b - Certifications—Establishment of parameters | The Commercial Development Administrator is hereby empowered to promulgate regulations within a term of ninety (90) days, to establish the parameters, definitions, classifications, procedures, and fees to be charged for the certification of voluntary chains and programs in common that qualify for this exception and tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/275/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 275 - Per diems | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 275 - Per diems | The citizens appointed by the Governor as members of the Special Board created by § 259 of this title, shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) as per diem for each day they attend the meetings of the Special Board. Payments by reason of said per diems shall in the aggregate never exceed one thousand five hundred dollar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/276/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 276 - Allegation of nolo contendere | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 276 - Allegation of nolo contendere | Any person accused by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of prohibited acts or of attempt to commit prohibited acts under §§ 258, 260, 263(f) and 264 of this title, may present allegations of nolo contendere in the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico. Said allegation shall not be used as prima facie evidence in actions... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings expressed below, save when the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Dealer. — Person actually interested in a dealer’s contract because of his having effectively in his charge in Puerto Rico the distribution, agency, concession or represe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278a - Termination of relationship | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278a - Termination of relationship | Notwithstanding the existence in a dealer’s contract of a clause reserving to the parties the unilateral right to terminate the existing relationship, no principal or grantor may directly or indirectly perform any act detrimental to the established relationship or refuse to renew said contract on its normal expiration,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278a-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278a-1 - Termination of relationship—Just cause for termination; exceptions; presumptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278a-1 - Termination of relationship—Just cause for termination; exceptions; presumptions | For the purposes of this chapter and specifically for the effects of § 278a of this title:
(a) The violation or nonperformance by a dealer of any provision included in the dealer’s contract to prevent or restrict changes in the capital structure of the dealer’s business, or changes in the managerial control of said bus... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278a-2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278a-2 - Termination of relationship—Privatization of programs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278a-2 - Termination of relationship—Privatization of programs | To the effects of this chapter, and particularly to the effects of § 278a thereof:
(a) It shall be understood that the action of privatizing a program, service or enterprise of the central government or a public corporation, embodies just cause to end the relationship existing between said program, service or business ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278b - Termination of relationship—Damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278b - Termination of relationship—Damages | If no just cause exists for the termination of the dealer’s contract for detriment to the established relationship, or for the refusal to renew same, the principal shall have executed a tortious act against the dealer and shall indemnify it to the extent of the damages caused him, the amount of such indemnity to be fix... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278b-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278b-1 - Provisional remedy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278b-1 - Provisional remedy | In any litigation in which there is directly or indirectly involved the termination of a dealer’s contract or any act in prejudice of the relation established between the principal or grantor and the dealer, the court may grant, during the time the litigation is pending solution, any provisional remedy or measure of an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278b-2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278b-2 - Interpretation pursuant to laws of the Commonwealth | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278b-2 - Interpretation pursuant to laws of the Commonwealth | The dealer’s contracts referred to in this chapter shall be interpreted pursuant to and ruled by the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other stipulation to the contrary shall be void.
Any stipulation that obligates a dealer to adjust, arbitrate or litigate any controversy that comes up regarding his deal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278b-3/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278b-3 - Arbitration clause | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278b-3 - Arbitration clause | Before any agreement or clause that would compel the parties to resolve through arbitration any controversy arising under a distribution contract granted pursuant to the present chapter may be invoked or made effective, it shall be an indispensable requirement before said controversy may be submitted to arbitration, at... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278c - Waiver of provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278c - Waiver of provisions | The provisions of this chapter are of a public order and therefore the rights determined by such provisions cannot be waived. This chapter being of a remedial character, should, for the most effective protection of such rights, be liberally interpreted; in the adjudgment of the claims that may arise hereunder, the cour... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278d - Prescription of actions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278d - Prescription of actions | Every action arising from this chapter shall prescribe in three years reckoning from the date of the definite termination of the dealer’s contract, or of the performing of the detrimental acts, as the case may be.
History —June 24, 1964, No. 75, p. 231, § 5; June 23, 1966, No. 105, p. 331, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14/278e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e)›§ 278e - Attorney’s fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14 - Dealers’ Contracts (§§ 278 — 278e) › § 278e - Attorney’s fees | In every action filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the court may allow the granting of attorney’s fees to the prevailing party, as well as a reasonable reimbursement of the expert’s fees.
History —June 24, 1964, No. 75, p. 231, added as § 7 on Sept. 1, 2000, No. 288, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinafter, unless another meaning clearly arises from the context:
(a) Sales representative. — An independent entrepreneur who establishes a sales representation contract of an exclusive nature, with a principal or grantor, and who is... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279a - Termination of the relationship | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279a - Termination of the relationship | Notwithstanding the existence of a clause in a sales representation contract that reserves the unilateral right of the parties of terminating the existing relationship, no principal or grantor may terminate said relationship, or directly or indirectly perform any act that may impair the established relationship, or ref... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279b - Termination of the relationship—Just cause; exceptions; presumptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279b - Termination of the relationship—Just cause; exceptions; presumptions | For the purposes of this section and § 279a of this title, it shall not be deemed as just cause:
(a) The violation or noncompliance of any provision included in the sales representation contract by a sales representative, which fixes codes of behavior, sales quotas or goals, marketing or promotion that do not conform t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279c - Termination of the relationship—Damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279c - Termination of the relationship—Damages | If there is no just cause for the termination of the sales representation contract, for impairing the established relationship, or for the refusal to renew said contract, the principal shall have executed a tortious act against the sales representative and shall compensate him to the extent of the damages caused to him... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279d - Termination of the relationship—Alternative compensation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279d - Termination of the relationship—Alternative compensation | Regardless of what is established in § 279c of this title, if it is determined that there is no just cause for the termination of the sales representation contract, or for the impairing of the established relationship, or the refusal to renew said contract, the court may grant, at the request of the plaintiff party and... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279e - Termination of the relationship—Provisional remedy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279e - Termination of the relationship—Provisional remedy | In any action in which the termination of a sales representation contract is directly or indirectly involved, or any act that may impair the relationship established between the principal or grantor and the sales representative, the court may grant any provisional remedy or injunction while the suit is pending, to do o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279f - Construction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279f - Construction | The sales representation contracts referred to in this chapter shall be construed pursuant to, and shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any stipulation to the contrary shall be null. However, this nullity shall not include any arbitration clause agreed upon.
History —Dec. 5, 1990, No. 2... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279g - Waiver of rights | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279g - Waiver of rights | The provisions of this chapter are of public order and therefore, the rights that such provisions determine can not be waived. Due to its redressing nature, this chapter shall be liberally construed for the most effective protection of said rights; in the adjudication of claims that may arise under it, the courts of ju... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-14a/279h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h)›§ 279h - Prescription of the action | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 14A - Sales Representatives (§§ 279 — 279h) › § 279h - Prescription of the action | Every action derived from this chapter shall prescribe three (3) years from the definitive date termination of the sales representation contract or of the impairing acts, as the case may be.
History —Dec. 5, 1990, No. 21, p. 1496, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/311/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 311 - Publications to show ownership | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 311 - Publications to show ownership | Each and every newspaper, magazine, periodical, hand-bill or other publication, either printed, lithographed, engraved or turned out by any other mechanical means, shall show in a conspicuous place on one of its pages the name of the person, persons or corporation publishing and editing the same.
History —Feb. 28, 1911... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/312/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 312 - Publications to show ownership—Penalties; persons liable | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 312 - Publications to show ownership—Penalties; persons liable | The first violation of §§ 311 and 312 of this title will be punished with a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or six months imprisonment; and in the case of repetition of the offense, the violator shall be fined from five hundred ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned from six months to one... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/313/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 313 - Advertising regulations—Commonwealth road easements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 313 - Advertising regulations—Commonwealth road easements | No person shall erect bill boards, sign or bulletin boards, upon property belonging to, or subject to an easement in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico upon or adjoining public roads or highways, and that no person shall affix, post, print, paint or otherwise fasten any handbill, sign, poster, advertisement, or n... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/314/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 314 - Advertising regulations—Sidewalks, streets, and public structures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 314 - Advertising regulations—Sidewalks, streets, and public structures | No person shall paste, post, paint, print, nail, or otherwise fasten any handbill, sign, poster, advertisement, or notice of any kind whatsoever, or cause the same to be done, on any curbstone, flagstone, or any other portion or part of any sidewalk or street pavement or upon any tree, lamp post, hitching post, telegra... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/315/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 315 - Advertising regulations—Social diseases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 315 - Advertising regulations—Social diseases | No person, firm, or corporation shall post, or cause to be posted on any advertising wagons, or upon or in any place within Puerto Rico where same can be seen from the highways, streets, alleys or other public places, any advertisement, handbill, or notice of any character whatsoever giving or purporting to give inform... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/316/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 316 - Advertising regulations—Obscene pictures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 316 - Advertising regulations—Obscene pictures | No person, firm or corporation, shall post or paint, or cause to be posted or painted, so that the same can be seen from highways, streets, alleys, or other public places, any advertisements containing pictures or illustrations of an obscene or immoral character.
History —Mar. 10, 1910, No. 55, p. 155, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/317/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 317 - Advertising regulations—Sign size; municipal tax; business buildings excepte... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 317 - Advertising regulations—Sign size; municipal tax; business buildings excepted | No bill board, sign, or bulletin board within the urban limits of the respective municipalities shall exceed ten (10) feet in width by ten feet in height unless placed against a wall. An annual license tax of not to exceed fifty cents per square yard shall be collected by the municipalities from persons erecting such b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/318/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 318 - Advertising regulations—Commonwealth tax | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 318 - Advertising regulations—Commonwealth tax | Advertising matter displayed on property adjoining the public roads of Puerto Rico shall be subject to an annual Commonwealth tax of fifty cents per square meter; said tax to be levied upon and collected in advance from the owner of the ground or building upon which such advertisement may be displayed, the payment of s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/319/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 319 - Advertising regulations—Exemptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 319 - Advertising regulations—Exemptions | Advertisements or announcements of the United States, Commonwealth or municipal governments are hereby exempt from the restrictions of §§ 313—320 of this title.
History —Mar. 10, 1910, No. 55, p. 155, § 7. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/320/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 320 - Advertising regulations—Penalties; tax collection | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 320 - Advertising regulations—Penalties; tax collection | Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 313—320 of this title or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance of the provisions of §§ 313—320 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-17/321/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321)›§ 321 - Advertisements for new vehicles | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 17 - Publications and Advertisements (§§ 311 — 321) › § 321 - Advertisements for new vehicles | (a) It is hereby established that the miles-per-gallon yield for both city and highway, as determined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy, shall be posted in all advertisements for new automobiles, in type not to be less than one-fourth (¼) the size of the name or price of the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/341/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 341 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 341 - Short title | Sections 341—371 of this title shall be known by the short title of “Puerto Rico Warehouse Act”.
History —June 20, 1925, No. 36, p. 220, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1925. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/342/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 342 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 342 - Definitions | The term “warehouse”, as used in §§ 341—371 of this title, shall be deemed to mean every house, building or premises within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in which any agricultural product is or may be stored.
The term “agricultural product”, wherever used in §§ 341—371 of this title, shall include cotton, fertilizer... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/343/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 343 - Powers of Secretary of Agriculture | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 343 - Powers of Secretary of Agriculture | The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to investigate the storage of agricultural products, as well as their classification according to grade and otherwise, and the weight and certification thereof; upon application to him by any person applying for a license to operate a warehouse under §§ 341—371 of this title, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/344/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 344 - Transfers between bonded warehouses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 344 - Transfers between bonded warehouses | Upon agreement with the respective storers of agricultural products in bonded warehouses operated by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of § 343 of this title, agricultural products may be transferred from one bonded warehouse of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to another, without need of is... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/345/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 345 - License for warehouse; regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 345 - License for warehouse; regulations | The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon application to him, to issue to any warehouseman a license for the conduct of a warehouse or warehouses, in accordance with §§ 341—371 of this title and such rules and regulations as may be made hereunder; provided, that each such warehouse be found suitable for the prop... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/346/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 346 - Term of license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 346 - Term of license | Each license issued under §§ 345 and 350 of this title shall be issued for a period not exceeding one (1) year and shall specify the date upon which it is to terminate, and upon a showing satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture, it may from time to time be renewed or extended by a written instrument, which shall s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/347/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 347 - Bond of warehouseman | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 347 - Bond of warehouseman | Each warehouseman applying for a license to conduct a warehouse in accordance with §§ 341—371 of this title shall, as a condition to the granting thereof, execute and file with the Secretary of Agriculture a good and sufficient bond to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to secure the faithful performance of his obligation... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/348/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 348 - Suit on bond | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 348 - Suit on bond | Any person injured by the breach of any obligation to secure which a bond is given, under the provisions of § 347 or 350 of this title, shall be entitled to sue in his own name, in any court of competent jurisdiction, to recover the damage he may have sustained by such breach.
History —June 20, 1925, No. 36, p. 220, § ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/349/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 349 - Bonded warehouse | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 349 - Bonded warehouse | Upon the filing with and approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of a bond, in compliance with §§ 341—371 of this title, for the conduct of a warehouse, such warehouse shall be designated as a Puerto Rico bonded warehouse, bonded hereunder; but no warehouse shall be designated as bonded under §§ 341—371 of this title,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/350/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 350 - License to person not warehouseman | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 350 - License to person not warehouseman | The Secretary of Agriculture may, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, issue a license to any person not a warehouseman to accept the custody of agricultural products and to store the same in a warehouse or warehouses owned, operated, or leased by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by any municipalit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/351/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 351 - Fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 351 - Fees | The Secretary of Agriculture shall charge, assess, and cause to be collected a reasonable fee for every examination or inspection of a warehouse under §§ 341—371 of this title, when such examination or inspection is made upon application of a warehouseman, and a fee not exceeding two dollars ($2) per annum for each lic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/352/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 352 - License to certify and classify | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 352 - License to certify and classify | The Secretary of Agriculture may, upon presentation of satisfactory proof of competency, issue to any person a license to classify any agricultural product or products, stored or to be stored in a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, according to grade or otherwise, and to certificate the grade or other c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/353/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 353 - License to certify and classify—Suspension or revocation of such license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 353 - License to certify and classify—Suspension or revocation of such license | Any license issued to any person to classify or to weigh any agricultural product or products under §§ 341—371 of this title, may be suspended or revoked by the Secretary of Agriculture whenever he is satisfied, after the licensee concerned has been given an opportunity to be heard, that such licensee has failed to cla... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/354/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 354 - Discrimination prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 354 - Discrimination prohibited | Every warehouseman conducting a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, shall receive for storage therein, so far as its capacity permits, any agricultural products of the kind customarily stored therein by him, which may be tendered to him in a suitable condition for warehousing, in the usual manner in the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/355/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 355 - Storage subject to law | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 355 - Storage subject to law | Any person who deposits agricultural products for storage in a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, shall be deemed to have deposited the same subject to the terms of §§ 341—371 of this title and the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder.
History —June 20, 1925, No. 36, p. 220, § 14, eff. 90 days aft... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/356/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 356 - Separation of deposits; mingling | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 356 - Separation of deposits; mingling | Every warehouseman conducting a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, shall keep therein the agricultural products of one depositor so far separated from the agricultural products of another depositor for which a separate receipt has been issued, as to permit, at all times, the identification and redeliver... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/357/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 357 - Receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 357 - Receipts | For all agricultural products stored for Commonwealth, interstate or foreign commerce, in a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, an original receipt shall be issued by the warehouseman conducting the same, but no receipts shall be issued except for agricultural products actually stored in the warehouse at... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/358/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 358 - Receipts—Contents of receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 358 - Receipts—Contents of receipts | Every license issued for agricultural products stored in a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, shall embody within its written or printed terms (a) the location of the warehouse in which the agricultural products are stored; (b) the date of issue of the receipt; (c) the consecutive number of receipt; (d)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/359/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 359 - Establishment of standards | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 359 - Establishment of standards | The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, from time to time, to establish and promulgate standards for agricultural products in §§ 341—371 of this title defined, by which their quality or value may be judged or determined; Provided, That federal standards for grain, established under authority of the United States Gr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/360/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 360 - Replacement of lost or destroyed receipt | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 360 - Replacement of lost or destroyed receipt | While an original receipt issued under §§ 341—371 of this title is outstanding and uncanceled by the warehouseman issuing the same, no other or further receipt shall be issued for the agricultural product covered thereby or for any part thereof, except that in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt, a new receipt, upo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/361/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 361 - Delivery of products upon demand | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 361 - Delivery of products upon demand | A warehouseman conducting a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, in the absence of some lawful excuse, shall, without unnecessary delay, deliver the agricultural products stored therein upon a demand made either by the holder of a receipt for such agricultural products or by the depositor thereof, if such... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/362/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 362 - Cancellation of receipt | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 362 - Cancellation of receipt | A warehouseman conducting a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, shall plainly cancel each receipt returned to him upon the delivery by him of the agricultural products for which the receipt was issued.
History —June 20, 1925, No. 36, p. 220, § 21, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1925. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/363/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 363 - Records of warehouseman | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 363 - Records of warehouseman | Every warehouseman conducting a warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, shall keep in a place of safety complete and correct records of all agricultural products stored therein and withdrawn therefrom, of all warehouse receipts issued by him, and of the receipts returned to and canceled by him, he shall make... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/364/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 364 - Examination of stored products | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 364 - Examination of stored products | The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cause examinations to be made of any agricultural product stored in any warehouse licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title. Whenever, after opportunity for hearing is given to the warehouseman conducting such warehouse, it is determined that he is not performing fully the du... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/365/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 365 - Revocation of warehouseman’s license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 365 - Revocation of warehouseman’s license | The Secretary of Agriculture may, after opportunity for a hearing has been afforded to the licensee concerned, suspend or revoke any license issued to any warehouseman authorized hereunder, for any violation of or failure to comply with any provisions of §§ 341—371 of this title or of the rules and regulations issued h... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/366/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 366 - Revocation of warehouseman’s licence—Suspension | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 366 - Revocation of warehouseman’s licence—Suspension | When in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture it becomes necessary to suspend the license of a warehouseman licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture may take charge of such warehouse in the same form as in the case of a revocation of a license, and such expenses as he may incur while... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/367/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 367 - Publication of results of investigation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 367 - Publication of results of investigation | The Secretary of Agriculture, from time to time, may publish the results of any investigation made under § 343 of this title; and he shall publish the names and locations of warehouses licensed and bonded, the names and addresses of persons licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title and lists of all licenses terminated un... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/368/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 368 - Examination of books | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 368 - Examination of books | The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, through officials, employees, or agents of the Department of Agriculture designated by him, to examine all books, records, papers and accounts of warehouses licensed under §§ 341—371 of this title, and of the warehousemen conducting such warehouses relating thereto.
History —... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/369/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 369 - Rules and regulations; penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 369 - Rules and regulations; penalties | The Secretary of Agriculture shall, from time to time, prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of §§ 341—371 of this title. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to levy and collect, by administrative proceedings, from every warehouseman li... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/370/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 370 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 370 - Penalties | Every person who shall forge, alter, counterfeit, simulate or falsely represent, or shall, without proper authority, use, any license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture under §§ 341—371 of this title, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of § 349 of this title or who shall issue or utter a fals... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-19/371/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371)›§ 371 - Preference to coffee and tobacco warehouses; temporary personnel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 19 - Regulation of Warehouses (§§ 341 — 371) › § 371 - Preference to coffee and tobacco warehouses; temporary personnel | The Secretary of Agriculture shall give preference to the establishment of bonded warehouses for coffee and tobacco in the corresponding zones. The said Secretary is also authorized, in his discretion, to employ all such persons who, without being regular employees of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, are necessary to r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/391/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 391 - Persons who may issue receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 391 - Persons who may issue receipts | Warehouse receipts may be issued by any warehouseman.
History —Feb. 21, 1918, No. 9, p. 22, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/392/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 392 - Form of receipts—Essential terms | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 392 - Form of receipts—Essential terms | Warehouse receipts need not be in any particular form, but every such receipt must embody, within its written or printed terms:
(a) The location of the warehouse where the goods are stored.
(b) The date of issue of the receipt.
(c) The consecutive number of the receipt.
(d) A statement whether the goods received will b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/393/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 393 - Form of receipts—What terms may be inserted | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 393 - Form of receipts—What terms may be inserted | A warehouseman may insert in a receipt, issued by him, any other terms and conditions, provided that such terms and conditions shall not:
(a) Be contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) In any wise impair his obligation to exercise that degree of care in the safe-keeping of the goods entrusted to him which a rea... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/394/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 394 - Definition of nonnegotiable receipt | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 394 - Definition of nonnegotiable receipt | A receipt in which it is stated that the goods received will be delivered to the depositor, or to any other specified person, is a nonnegotiable receipt.
History —Feb. 21, 1918, No. 9, p. 22, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/395/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 395 - Definition of negotiable receipt | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 395 - Definition of negotiable receipt | A receipt in which it is stated that the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, or to the order of any person named in such receipt is a negotiable receipt. No provision shall be inserted in a negotiable receipt that it is nonnegotiable. Such provision, if inserted, shall be void.
History —Feb. 21, 1918, No. 9... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/396/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 396 - Duplicate receipts must be so marked | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 396 - Duplicate receipts must be so marked | When more than one negotiable receipt is issued for the same goods, the word “duplicate” shall be plainly placed upon the face of every such receipt, except the one first issued. A warehouseman shall be liable for all damages caused by his failure so to do to any one who purchased the subsequent receipt for value suppo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/397/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 397 - Failure to mark “not negotiable” | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 397 - Failure to mark “not negotiable” | A nonnegotiable receipt shall have plainly placed upon its face by the warehouseman issuing it “nonnegotiable,” or “not negotiable.” In case of the warehouseman’s failure so to do, a holder of the receipt who purchased it for value supposing it to be negotiable, may, at his option, treat such receipt as imposing upon t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/398/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 398 - Obligation of warehouseman to deliver | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 398 - Obligation of warehouseman to deliver | A warehouseman, in the absence of some lawful excuse provided by this chapter, is bound to deliver the goods upon a demand made either by the holder of a receipt for the goods or by the depositor, if such demand is accompanied with:
(a) An offer to satisfy the warehouseman’s lien;
(b) an offer to surrender the receipt ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/399/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 399 - Justification of warehouseman in delivering | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 399 - Justification of warehouseman in delivering | A warehouseman is justified in delivering the goods, subject to the provisions of the three following sections, to one who is:
(a) The person lawfully entitled to the possession of the goods, or his agent;
(b) a person who is either himself entitled to delivery by the terms of a nonnegotiable receipt issued for the goo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/400/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 400 - Warehouseman’s liability for misdelivery | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 400 - Warehouseman’s liability for misdelivery | Where a warehouseman delivers the goods to one who is not in fact lawfully entitled to the possession of them, the warehouseman shall be liable as for conversion to all having a right of property or possession in the goods if he delivered the goods otherwise than as authorized by subsections (b) and (c) of § 399 of thi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/401/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 401 - Negotiable receipts must be canceled when goods delivered | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 401 - Negotiable receipts must be canceled when goods delivered | Except as provided in § 426 of this title, where a warehouseman delivers goods for which he had issued a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods, and fails to take up and cancel the receipt, he shall be liable to any one who purchases for value in good faith ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/402/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 402 - Negotiable receipts must be canceled or marked when part of goods delivered | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 402 - Negotiable receipts must be canceled or marked when part of goods delivered | Except as provided in § 426 of this title, where a warehouseman delivers part of the goods for which he had issued a negotiable receipt and fails either to take up and cancel such receipt, or to place plainly upon it a statement of what goods or packages have been delivered he shall be liable, to any one who purchases ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/403/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 403 - Altered receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 403 - Altered receipts | The alteration of a receipt shall not excuse the warehouseman who issued it from any liability if such alteration was:
(a) Immaterial;
(b) authorized, or
(c) made without fraudulent intent.
If the alteration was authorized, the warehouseman shall be liable according to the terms of the receipt as altered. If the altera... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/404/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 404 - Lost or destroyed receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 404 - Lost or destroyed receipts | Where a negotiable receipt has been lost or destroyed, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the delivery of the goods upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a bond with sufficient sureties to be approved by the court to protect the warehouseman from any liability or expense wh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/405/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 405 - Effect of duplicate receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 405 - Effect of duplicate receipts | A receipt upon the face of which the word “duplicate” is plainly placed is a representation and warranty by the warehouseman that such receipt is an accurate copy of an original receipt properly issued and uncanceled at the date of the issue of the duplicate, but shall impose upon him no other liability.
History —Feb. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/406/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 406 - Warehouseman cannot set up title in himself | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 406 - Warehouseman cannot set up title in himself | No title or right to the possession of the goods, on the part of the warehouseman, unless such title or right is derived directly or indirectly from a transfer made by the depositor at the time of or subsequent to the deposit for storage, or from the warehouseman’s lien, shall excuse the warehouseman from liability for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/407/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 407 - Interpleader of adverse claimants | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 407 - Interpleader of adverse claimants | If more than one person claims the title or possession of the goods, the warehouseman may, either as a defense to an action brought against him for nondelivery of the goods, or as an original suit, whichever is appropriate, require all known claimants to interplead.
History —Feb. 21, 1918, No. 9, p. 22, § 17. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-21/408/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448)›§ 408 - Warehouseman has reasonable time to determine validity of claims | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 21 - Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act (§§ 391 — 448) › § 408 - Warehouseman has reasonable time to determine validity of claims | If some one other than the depositor or person claiming under him has a claim to the title or possession of the goods, and the warehouseman has information of such claim, the warehouseman shall be excused from liability for refusing to deliver the goods, either to the depositor or person claiming under him or to the ad... |
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