Puerto Rico · Código Penal de Puerto Rico 2012 (Ley 146-2012)

Cód. Penal PR § 62: Prohibición de comiso de bienes

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

No criminal conviction results in loss or confiscation of property, except when the law explicitly imposes such penalty or when property was used as an instrument of crime or represents its proceeds and ownership is unknown.

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