P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 38e
(a) Any person who may have sustained undue damages through the acts of any public official or employee in complying with the provisions of § 38c of this title is hereby authorized to sue the Commonwealth without subjection to subsections (a) and (b) of § 3081 of Title 32. For all other purposes, the complaint shall be subject to the provisions of this act.
(b) Any person who illegally installs, constructs, erects, reconstructs, relocates, alters or exhibits any advertisement or sign which has been eliminated, erased, removed or destroyed totally or partially as provided in §§ 38a—38e of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for a term of not more than six (6) months, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court. The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, or his delegate, shall proceed, in accordance with §§ 38a—38e of this title, to eliminate, erase, remove or destroy any such illegal advertisement or sign.
History —Sept. 28, 1961, No. 5, p. 395, § 5; July 27, 1974, No. 251, Part 2, p. 250, § 1; June 24, 1975, No. 80, p. 259, § 7, eff. July 1, 1975.