Criminal Code
Promulgated, State Gazette No. 26/2.04.1968, effective 1.05.1968, corrected, SG No.
29/12.04.1968, amended, SG No. 92/28.11.1969, amended and supplemented, SG No.
26/30.03.1973, supplemented, SG No. 27/3.04.1973, amended, SG No. 89/15.11.1974, effective
1.03.1975, amended and supplemented, SG No. 95/12.12.1975, amended, SG No. 3/11.01.1977,
supplemented, SG No. 54/11.07.1978, SG No. 89/9.11.1979, amended and supplemented, SG No.
28/9.04.1982, effective 1.07.1982, corrected, SG No. 31/20.04.1982, supplemented, SG No.
44/5.06.1984, amended and supplemented, SG No. 41/28.05.1985, supplemented, SG No.
79/11.10.1985, corrected, SG No. 80/15.10.1985, amended and supplemented, SG No.
89/18.11.1986, corrected, SG No. 90/21.11.1986, amended, SG No. 37/16.05.1989, effective
16.05.1989, SG No. 91/24.11.1989, effective 24.11.1989, SG No. 99/22.12.1989, effective
22.12.1989, supplemented, SG No. 10/2.02.1990, amended, SG No. 31/17.04.1990, amended
and supplemented, SG No. 81/9.10.1990, effective 9.10.1990, SG No. 1/4.01.1991, SG No.
86/18.10.1991, corrected, SG No. 90/1.11.1991, amended, SG No. 105/19.12.1991,
supplemented, SG No. 54/3.07.1992, effective 3.07.1992, amended and supplemented, SG No.
10/5.02.1993, SG No. 50/1.06.1995; Decision No. 19/12.10.1995 of the Constitutional Court of
the Republic of Bulgaria - SG No. 97/3.11.1995; supplemented, SG No. 102/21.11.1995,
effective 21.01.1996, amended and supplemented, SG No. 107/17.12.1996, SG No. 62/5.08.1997,
amended, SG No. 85/26.09.1997; Decision No. 19/21.11.1997 of the Constitutional Court of the
Republic of Bulgaria - SG No. 120/16.12.1997; supplemented, SG No. 83/21.07.1998, amended
and supplemented, SG No. 85/24.07.1998, supplemented, SG No. 132/10.11.1998, effective
1.01.1999, amended, SG No. 133/11.11.1998, amended and supplemented, SG No.
153/23.12.1998, SG No. 7/26.01.1999, amended, SG No. 51/4.06.1999, SG No. 81/14.09.1999,
effective 15.12.1999, amended and supplemented, SG No. 21/17.03.2000, SG No. 51/23.06.2000;
Decision No. 14/23.11.2000 of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria - SG No.
98/1.12.2000; supplemented, SG No. 41/24.04.2001, amended, SG No. 101/23.11.2001, SG No.
45/30.04.2002, amended and supplemented, SG No. 92/27.09.2002, SG No. 26/30.03.2004, SG
No. 103/23.11.2004, effective 1.01.2005, SG No. 24/22.03.2005, SG No. 43/20.05.2005
effective 1.09.2005, amended, SG No. 76/20.09.2005, effective 1.01.2007, amended and
supplemented, SG No. 86/28.10.2005, effective 29.04.2006, SG No. 88/4.11.2005, amended, SG
No. 59/21.07.2006, effective 1.01.2007, amended and supplemented, SG No. 75/12.09.2006,
effective 13.10.2006, SG No. 102/19.12.2006, SG No. 38/11.05.2007, amended and
supplemented, SG No. 57/13.07.2007, effective 13.07.2007, amended, SG No. 64/7.08.2007,
supplemented, SG No. 85/23.10.2007, effective 23.10.2007, amended, SG No. 89/6.11.2007,
supplemented, SG No. 94/16.11.2007, amended and supplemented, SG No. 19/22.02.2008,
amended, SG No. 67/29.07.2008, SG No. 102/28.11.2008, SG No. 12/13.02.2009, effective
1.05.2009, supplemented, SG No. 23/27.03.2009, effective 1.11.2009, amended and
supplemented, SG No. 27/10.04.2009, supplemented, SG No. 47/23.06.2009, effective 1.10.2009,
amended, SG No. 80/9.10.2009, SG No. 93/24.11.2009, effective 25.12.2009, (*)SG No.
102/22.12.2009, effective 22.12.2009, amended and supplemented, SG No. 26/6.04.2010,
supplemented, SG No. 32/27.04.2010, effective 28.05.2010, amended and supplemented, SG No.
33/26.04.2011, effective 27.05.2011, SG No. 60/5.08.2011, supplemented, SG No. 19/6.03.2012,
amended and supplemented, SG No. 20/9.03.2012, effective 10.06.2012, SG No. 60/7.08.2012,
effective 8.09.2012, amended, SG No. 17/21.02.2013, supplemented, SG No. 61/9.07.2013,