The provided legal document content governs the payment of debts with credit cards in Puerto Rico. It defines key terms such as credit card, holder, issuer, banking institution, financial institution, and person. The document specifies that all government agencies and instrumentalities, the Courts Administration, and the municipalities which offer services, receive payments or collect debts on account of loans, taxes, licenses, patents, excise taxes, fines, penalties, surcharges, interest, and others, are authorized to receive payments chargeable to a credit card issued by the issuer on behalf of the holder and accepted by them.

This legal document pertains to the decree applications under the Municipal Economic and Tourist Development Incentives Act in Puerto Rico. Eligible businesses can request a decree by submitting an initial written application to the Selection Committee within the first five years of the act’s approval. The Selection Committee is responsible for considering all decree applications and granting decrees to eligible businesses. The document outlines the conditions that must be met by the eligible business, such as meeting the requirements established by the Selection Committee, having the necessary financial resources and capabilities, and maintaining a good reputation.

This legal document governs the horse racing industry and sport in Puerto Rico. It provides definitions for various terms related to horse racing, such as administration, administrator, off-track betting teller, off-track betting location, agent, bets, restricted areas, mutuel, race, claiming race, justified cause for removal, classic, natural condition of a horse, breeder, stable, multiple combination pool ticket, moral turpitude, trainer, depressant or depressive, day, race day, drug, owner, daily double, horse, operator, paddock, public trainer, private trainer, entry, barn, stimulant, horse racing nuisance, exacta, combined exacta, field, breeding and improvement fund, off-track betting teller uncollectible accounts’ collection fund, electronic gaming system off-track betting teller uncollectible account’s collection fund, racetrack, registration, head of laboratory, jockey, pari-mutuel, board, stewards, act, racetrack license, temporary racetrack license, month, microchip, groom, single combination pool ticket, racing plan, pick six, pick three, pick four, carryover pool, breeding place, prize, chairman, official program, official chemist, quinella, veterinary prescription, claim, stud book, regulations, SEA, racing secretary, simulcasting, account deposit wagering, electronic gaming system, online wagering system, superfecta, total gross wagers, totalizator, trifecta, usage and custom, authorized veterinarian, and official veterinarian.

This legal document empowers the Horse Racing Board to regulate all matters concerning the Horse Racing Industry and Sport in Puerto Rico. The Board has the authority to establish regulations for racetracks, ensure public safety, and maintain the reliability, honesty, and integrity of the horse racing sport. The Board can authorize the days and places for horse races, prescribe rules for holding races, and regulate authorized wagers. It also has the power to implement a program to detect the presence or use of controlled substances, regulate the use of electronic and photographic apparatus in races, and declare horse racing nuisances.

This legal document governs the issuance and renewal of licenses for horse racing activities in Puerto Rico. It specifies that no license may be granted or renewed to any person who has been convicted of violating the Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, until a minimum of five years has elapsed from the date of the criminal act and all conditions set by the Horse Racing Administrator and the Horse Racing Board have been met.

Any person who, with the intent to defraud another or to obtain goods and services to which he/she is not legally entitled, uses a credit or debit card knowing that it is stolen or forged, or which has been revoked or canceled, or the use of which is unauthorized for any reason, shall incur a third degree felony. Any person who intentionally possesses a card knowing that the magnetic stripe of such card was forged shall incur a misdemeanor.

This provision, added to the Penal Code of Puerto Rico in 2010, governs the use or possession of scanning devices or re-encoders in the context of commercial transactions. It prohibits any person from using a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store information from the magnetic strip of a credit or debit card without the permission of the authorized user. Similarly, it prohibits the use of a re-encoder to place encoded information on the magnetic strip of a credit or debit card or any other card or electronic medium without permission.

This legal provision, sourced from the Guam Code Annotated, pertains to adverse claims made to bank deposits. It states that a notice of an adverse claim to a deposit in a bank will not be effective unless the adverse claimant obtains a restraining order, injunction, or other appropriate process against the bank from a court of competent jurisdiction. Alternatively, the adverse claimant can execute a bond with acceptable sureties to indemnify the bank from any liability, loss, damage, costs, and expenses related to the adverse claim or the dishonor of the deposit holder’s check or order.

(a) A bank whether or not a member of the Federal Reserve System, shall maintain such reserves against deposits as may be established by the Federal Reserve Act or by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (b) The reserve fund shall consist of legal tender on hand on the premises of the bank and money due on demand from a Federal Reserve Bank or other bank approved as a reserve depositary by the Commis- sioner.

This document, part of the Guam Code Annotated, pertains to the organization and corporate functions of banks in Guam. It specifies that the affairs of a territorial bank shall be managed by a board of directors, with the number of directors fixed by the by-laws. The document also outlines the requirements for the composition of the board of directors, including the citizenship and residency criteria. It further states that each director must have ownership of common stock of the bank or a bank holding company.