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It shall be unlawful, on the part of any person or organization or its agents, to recruit and/or transport laborers to work outside of Puerto Rico without due authorization of the Secretary or his authorized representative. For the purposes of this section, 'transportation' shall mean any act consisting of an attempt or inducement to obtain, or to deliver, fare tickets in any public carrier for any person within the limits of Puerto Rico, to go abroad to work; as well as the physical transportation of laborers knowing that the latter are going to work outside of Puerto Rico without due authorization. History —June 22, 1962, No. 87, p. 228, § 4, renumbered as § 6 on July 13, 1978, No. 54, p. 537, § 4.