fine from BGN 1,000 to BGN 3,000.
(2) If the crime under paragraph 1 has been committed for a second time, and also where
the construction has been continued after being stopped by the respective authorities, the
punishment shall be imprisonment from one to three years and a fine from BGN 2,000 to BGN
5,000, as well as public censure.
Article 324
(1) (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 89/1986, amended, SG No.
1/1991, SG No. 10/1993) A person who exercises a profession or handicraft without having the
necessary recognised capacity or licence, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to one year
or by a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
(2) (Supplemented, SG No. 83/1998, amended, SG No. 76/2005, amended and
supplemented, SG No. 75/2006, effective 16.09.2006) Where the profession or handicraft are
related to health services for the population, the punishment shall be imprisonment for up to
three years and a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred. The same punishment shall be
imposed on a medical doctor, dentist or master of pharmacy exercising their profession in
violation of the duly established procedure.
(3) If the act under the preceding paragraph has been committed for a second time, the
punishment shall be imprisonment for one to five years and a fine from BGN one hundred to
three hundred, whereas the court may also rule deprivation of rights under Article 37,
sub-paragraphs 6 and 7.
Article 325
(1) A person who performs indecent acts, grossly violating the public order and expressing
open disrespect for society, shall be punished for hooliganism by deprivation of liberty for up to
two years or by probation, as well as by public censure.
(2) Where the act has occurred with resistance to a body of authority or a representative of
the public, fulfilling their obligations of preserving the public order, or where by its content it has
been distinguished for its extreme cynicism or arrogance, the punishment shall be deprivation of
liberty for up to five years.
(3) (New, SG No. 95/2016) Where an act under paragraphs (1) and (2) is committed
during driving a motor vehicle, the punishment shall be: under paragraph (1) – imprisonment for
up to three years and depriving of a right under Article 37, paragraph (1), item 7; under
paragraph (2) – imprisonment for up to five years and depriving of a right under Article 37,
paragraph (1), item 7.
(4) (New, SG No. 28/1982, amended, 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, renumbered from Paragraph 3, supplemented, SG No. 95/2016) Where an
act under the preceding paragraphs has been committed for a second time, the punishment shall
be: under paragraph (1) - deprivation of liberty for up to three years; under paragraphs (2) and (3)
- deprivation of liberty for one to five years.
(5) (Renumbered from Paragraph 3, amended, SG No. 28/1982, 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, renumbered from Paragraph 4, amended, SG
No. 95/2016) Where an act under paragraphs (1) - (3) constitutes dangerous recidivism, the
punishment shall be deprivation of liberty for one to six years.