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P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 4, S. 536b (2010). Duties before the Registry
(a) At the time of the sentencing, the court with jurisdiction shall direct the Prosecutor to notify the System of the following information: names, pseudonyms, date of birth, home address, driver's license number, social security number, fingerprints, photograph and other essential data that shall be furnished by persons subjected to the Registry as provided by S.S. 536-536h of this title. All information thus compiled shall be registered within fifteen (15) days as of the court order.
(b) The Corrections Administration shall have the duty to notify the official charged with the responsibility of establishing and keeping a system of verification, registration, and issuance of certifications related to the Registry of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse of the Puerto Rico Police Department in each region about the release of a registered person for having served his/her sentence, or for being released on probation or parole, or to participate in a diversion, treatment, or rehabilitation program established by the Corrections Administration thirty (30) days prior to such release. In turn, the Administration shall notify the registered person of his/her duty to register in the Police Headquarters of the jurisdiction in which he/she resides within a term of less than three (3) calendar days.
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As soon as the pertinent official receives the information from the Corrections Administration, such official must ensure that the sex offender is duly registered in the Registry before being released. The Police Headquarters that receives such information shall immediately provide the same to the other Police Headquarters or jurisdictions where the registration of sex offenders is required, and shall ensure that such information is entered into the System and that the address provided by the registered person is accurate. The Puerto Rico Police Department shall have the responsibility of establishing regulations as necessary for the enforcement of S.S. 536-536h of this title.
(c) The Corrections Administration shall also notify the person that he/she has the obligation to report any change in his/her residential address to the Police Headquarters of the jurisdiction where he/she resides at least ten (10) days before it takes place.
(d) The Corrections Administration shall state, in writing, that it informed and explained to the person of his/her obligation to notify any change in residential address in accordance to what is established in subsections (b) and (c) of this section. Said document shall be read and signed by the person with the obligation to register. A copy thereof shall be retained at the Corrections Administration, a copy shall be remitted to the System and another shall be delivered to the convict. If the person fails to comply with the obligation to notify the changes of residential address, he/she shall be subject to the provisions of S. 536h of this title. The Corrections Administration shall be responsible for keeping the records up to date by entering the corresponding data, to wit: date of notice, date of release, address and other essential data that must be furnished by the persons subject to the registry, as provided by S.S. 536-536h of this title.
(e) The Police, the Department of Justice, the Corrections Administration, the Parole Board and the General Court of Justice shall furnish to the System the corresponding information needed to comply with the purposes of S.S. 536-536h of this title.
(f) The sexual offenders in other states shall be evaluated before entering Puerto Rico. Once the Corrections Administration remits the information required in subsection (d) of this section to the System and enters all the necessary data in the System, the information shall be immediately available through computer terminals configured in the telecommunications network of the System for the use of the Police Headquarters of the jurisdiction in which the person is to reside.
The System shall immediately provide to the Federal Bureau of Investigation the information regarding the name, physical and mailing address, fingerprints, photographs and all additional information compiled, as well as the changes of address, if any. The Police Headquarters shall notify and update through the computer terminals configured to the telecommunications network of the System, all the corresponding records in the Registry with the changes in the residential address of the persons registered, as provided by S.S. 536-536h of this title. If the registered person moves to the United States, the System shall notify the information to the designated agency of the place, if any, within the following three (3) days of having received the information in order to administer a registry similar to that which is created in this S.S. 536-536h of this title.
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P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 4, S. 536c (2010). Obligations of the persons subject to registration
The person registered as provided in S.S. 536-536h of this title, shall notify the Police Headquarters of the jurisdiction in which he/she resides of any change in his/her temporary or permanent address at least ten (10) days before moving or in the case of a person from another country who has been convicted for a sexual crime or child abuse by a federal, military or state court of his/her country who establishes his/her residence in Puerto Rico or that because of work or study is located in Puerto Rico, although his/her intention is not that of establishing residence, and has the obligation to register, shall complete the registration within ten (10) days of his/her arrival to Puerto Rico.
Every person registered for having been convicted of any of the crimes listed in subsection (a) of S. 536a of this title shall update the Registry each year, even when there has been no change in the residential address initially furnished, by completing the form provided by the Police Headquarters for such purpose, pursuant to the procedure established through regulations adopted by the System, in coordination with the Puerto Rico Police.
It shall be a condition to enjoy the benefits of probation or parole or to participate in a diversion, treatment or rehabilitation program established by the Corrections Administration, to have met the registration requirements established by S.S. 536-536h of this title. Failure to meet any requirement shall be cause to revoke these benefits.
The information of the person convicted for the crimes listed in subsection (a) of S. 536a of this title shall be kept in the Registry for a minimum period of ten (10) years counting from the date the sentence imposed was served. Said information can only be eliminated from the Registry after a minimum period of ten (10) years has elapsed, if the conviction that entails the application of S.S. 536-536h of this title is revoked by a court or the convict is granted executive pardon or full pardon. The System shall adopt the regulations needed to comply with these provisions.


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