fine from BGN 2,000 to 10,000. (2) Anyone who trades in specimens of protected wild flora or fauna species or parts or derivatives thereof, unless the act is negligible, shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to five years and a fine from BGN 2,000 to 20,000. (3) When the act under Paragraphs 1 and 2 results from negligence, the culpable party shall be punishable by probation and a fine from BGN 1,000 to 5,000. Article 278e (New, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) Anyone who illegally destroys, acquires, holds or expropriates a specimen of Europe-wide or globally endangered wild vertebrates or a specimen of any species under Appendix 3 to the Biological Diversity Act bearing the symbol (*) shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to five years and a fine from BGN 5,000 to 20,000. Article 279 (1) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 92/2002, effective 1.01.2005 with respect to the punishment of probation - amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004, SG No. 103/2004, effective 1.01.2005) A person who enters or crosses the frontier of the country without a permit from the respective bodies of the government or, though with a permit, but not through the places specified for that purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to five years and by a fine of from BGN one hundred to three hundred. (2) (New, SG No. 28/1982, amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 92/2002, effective 1.01.2005 with respect to the punishment of probation - amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004, SG No. 103/2004, effective 1.01.2005) If the act under paragraph (1) has been committed for a second time, the punishment shall be imprisonment for one to six years and a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred. (3) (Renumbered from Paragraph 2, amended, SG No. 28/1982) In the cases under the preceding paragraphs the court may, instead of a fine, impose confiscation of part or of the whole of the culprit's property. (4) (Renumbered from Paragraph 3, amended, SG No. 28/1982) Preparation for a crime under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or by probation. (5) (Renumbered from Paragraph 4, SG No. 28/1982) No one shall be punished who enters the country to avail himself of the right of asylum in accordance with the Constitution. Article 280 (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 37/1989, new, SG No. 62/1997) (1) (Amended, SG No. 74/2015) Anyone who takes across the Bulgarian border individuals or groups of persons without permission of the competent authorities, or with permission but not through the points designated therefor, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to six years and a fine from BGN five thousand to twenty thousand. (2) (Amended, SG No. 74/2015) The punishment shall be imprisonment from one to ten years, a fine from BGN 10,000 to 30,000, and confiscation of part of or the entire property of the perpetrator if: 1. the person taken across the frontier is less than 16 years of age; 2. the person has been taken across the frontier without his/her knowledge;