PENALTIES

Any person who furnishes fraudulent, misleading or false to any official or employee, whom at the moment of evaluation of the applications to enter into the Registry, voluntarily and maliciously, admits the fraudulent, misleading or false information, once the fact is proved, prior a hearing to such purposes, shall be considered as a violation to this Regulation and one or more of these penalties shall be imposed, as the case may be: Disablement to participate in auctions procedures for a term of two (2) years. In addition to it, the case may be referred to the Department of Justice so it shall take the corresponding action to impose any other penalty or sanction in agreement with the laws currently in force of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In cases of employees and public officials, the case shall be referred to the Office of Government Ethics sand a report shall be prepared to the Secretary in order to take care of the case pursuant to the provisions of the "Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act Act No.5 of October 17, 1975, as amended and/or the applicable Regulation for personnel. In all cases, the Department shall comply with the proper procedure of law established in the juridical ordinance of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 5