The Child Bureau shall have in its charge the supervision of the enforcement of laws protecting the child, and shall further measures directed towards guaranteeing the welfare of the child, to promote its educational opportunities, and to take steps towards providing him with facilities of employment compatible with his mental and physical development, in those occupations permitted by law. It can act as an agency of the Government of Puerto Rico for the implantation and development of programs for the social security, benefit, aid and protection of the child, whether such programs be paid from federal or Commonwealth funds. History —Apr. 14, 1931, No. 15, p. 168, § 16; May 13, 1943, No. 144, p. 444, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 13, 1943.
Puerto Rico Legal Code