(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 21/2000) A person who says or does something degrading to the honour and dignity of another in the presence of the latter, shall be punished for insult by a fine from BGN one thousand up to three thousand. In such a case the court may also impose the punishment of public censure. (2) If the insulted person has responded at once with an insult, the court may exempt both of them from punishment. Article 147 (1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 21/2000) A person who makes public a disgraceful fact about someone or ascribes to him a crime, shall be punished for slander by a fine from BGN three thousand up to seven thousand, as well as by public censure. (2) The perpetrator shall not be punished if the truth of the divulged circumstances or of the ascribed crimes is proved. Article 148 (1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 21/2000) For insult: 1. inflicted publicly; 2. spread through printed matter or in some other way; 3. of an official or a representative of the public, during or in connection with the fulfilment of his duties or function, and 4. by an official or representative of the public, during or in connection with the fulfilment of his duties or function, the punishment shall be a fine from BGN three thousand up to ten thousand as well as public censure. (2) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 21/2000) For slander committed under the conditions of the preceding paragraph, as well as for slander from which serious consequences have set in, the punishment shall be a fine from BGN five thousand up to fifteen thousand and public censure. (3) Paragraph (2) of Article 146 may be applied to cases under paragraph (1), sub-paragraph 1. Article 148a (New, SG No. 62/1997, amended, SG No. 21/2000) A person who makes public, by means of printed matter or in another way, data, circumstances or allegations about another person, based on unlawfully obtained information from the archives of the Ministry of Interior, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years and a fine of five BGN five thousand to twenty thousand. Section VIII Debauchery Article 149 (Supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, amended, SG No. 89/1986) (1) (Amended, SG No. 107/1996, SG No. 75/2006) A person who performs an act for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual desire, without copulation, with a person under 14 years of age, shall be punished for lewdness by imprisonment for up one to six years.

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