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To the effects of this chapter there shall be understood by 'employer' any natural or [juridical] person of any nature who, with or without the intention of profit, employs or allows to work laborers, workers or employees through any kind of compensation, and by 'dock workers' those persons who work in the loading, unloading or handling of any type of article or merchandise which arrives, leaves or is stored in any of the maritime docks or piers of the island of Puerto Rico, and which are employed by employers engaged in maritime transportation. History —June 30, 1969, No. 148, p. 550, § 4; June 19, 1970, No. 12, p. 428, § 3.