(Amended, SG No. 26/2004) (1) An official who, to the detriment of the state, of an enterprise, an organisation or private person, informs another or publishes information which has been entrusted or accessible to him officially and of which he knows it constitutes an official secret, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or by probation. (2) The punishment for an act under paragraph 1 shall be also imposed on a person who is not an official, who works in a state institution, enterprise or public organisation, to the knowledge of who information has come, in connection with his work, constituting an official secret. (3) If the act under paragraph (1) has been committed by an expert witness, translator or interpreter with respect to information which has become known to him in connection with a task assigned thereto, and which such a person has been obliged to keep in secret, the punishment shall be deprivation liberty for up to two years or probation. Article 284a (New, SG No. 41/2001, repealed, SG No. 45/2002, new, SG No. 102/2006) Any official from among the members of the Commission for Disclosure of the Documents and for Announcing the Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens with the State Security Service and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian Popular Army or from among its Administration, who discloses information or disseminates a document in violation of the Access to and Disclosure of the Documents and Announcing of Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens with the State Security Service and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian Popular Army Act, where the said official acquired the information or the document in his/her official capacity, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of 3 to 6 years and a fine in the amount of between BGN 15 000 and BGN 30 000. Article 284b (New, SG No. 41/2001, repealed, SG No. 26/2004, new, SG No. 102/2006) An official who fails to remove from asset apparatus an asset or an undercover employee who occupies a public post or who performs a public activity in the sense of the Access to and Disclosure of the Documents and Announcing of Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens with the State Security Service and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian Popular Army Act shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of 3 to 6 years and a fine in the amount of between BGN 15 000 and BGN 30 000. Article 284c (New, SG No. 27/2009) An official who unlawfully permits or gives an order for use of special intelligence devices or applies them, or keeps information obtained through them, shall be punished by imprisonment from one to five years and by a fine of up to BGN 5,000. Article 285 An official who consciously allows a person subordinated to him to commit a crime, related to his office or work, shall be punished by the punishment provided for the committed crime.