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

Cód. Penal PR § 69: Mitigación de la pena

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

A court may reduce a sentence if the defendant already paid a fine or served time for the same act previously prosecuted as contempt of court.

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