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Any employer who denies any working mother the rest period or the maternity leave for adoption to which she is entitled to by law, or who permits said worker to work in his/her office, establishment or business place during the last week of pregnancy or the subsequent two (2) weeks immediately after birth, without the pregnant working mother having previously submitted herself voluntarily to medical examinations with the physician or medical specialist of her choice, and a report or medical certification has been submitted to the employer assuring that the condition and state of health of the working mother does not prevent her from performing her work or task, indicating such fact specifically, and stating in turn any special instruction or limitation regarding the time and place in which the working mother may be able to perform her work or task; or any employer who does not pay, in whole or in part, the salary, pay, daily wages or compensation to which she is entitled during said rest period or for the adoption of a child by virtue of the laws and procedures in force in Puerto Rico or any jurisdiction of the United States of America pursuant to the provisions of § 467 of this

rest period or for the adoption of a child by virtue of the laws and procedures in force in Puerto Rico or any jurisdiction of the United States of America pursuant to the provisions of § 467 of this title, or who discharges her for reason of her state of pregnancy, or for her intention of adopting, or who does not keep the job position reserved for her as determined herein, or who avails him/herself of any recourse, fraud, deceit or subterfuge to deceive, deny or deprive any working mother from the referred rest period or maternity leave for adoption to which she is entitled to, shall incur a misdemeanor and if convicted, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days or more than ninety (90), or both penalties at the discretion of the court. History —Mar. 13, 1942, No. 3, p. 284, § 6; Aug. 5, 1975, No. 20, p. 653, § 4; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 188, § 1; Mar. 10, 2000, No. 54, § 4.