Any owner of a printery or photoengraving shop who permits or tolerates the printing or engraving, or who prints or engraves, in his establishment, shop or printery, or other place, billetes, tickets, papeletas, notebooks, or any other material which can be or is used for any purpose connected with the unlawful games generally known as ' Bolita ', ' Bolipool ', clandestine combinations connected with the 'pools' or ' bancas ' of the racetracks of Puerto Rico and clandestine lotteries, as well as any person who orders the printing or in any manner assists in said printing or photoengraving, shall be guilty of a public offense, and shall be immediately arrested and the case shall be brought without delay before the proper prosecuting attorney, who shall file and swear the proper information. Such person shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than six (6) months nor more than two (2) years; and for the second and subsequent violations, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.\nAny violation of the preceding provisions shall entail, in addition to the penalty

shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.\nAny violation of the preceding provisions shall entail, in addition to the penalty hereinabove established, the loss or condemnation of all machinery, tools, accessories, and other devices, which may have been or which can be used for the purpose of printing or engraving any papeleta, billete, ticket, notebook, list of numbers or any other of a like nature.\nAll trials for violations of the preceding provisions shall be heard exclusively by a court without a jury, and preference shall be given to cases connected with violations of §§ 1247—1257 of this title when making up the calendars of the Court of First Instance.\nHistory —May 15, 1948, No. 220, p. 738, § 6.