(5) The punishment shall be imprisonment for three to eight years, where the act under the
preceding paragraphs has been committed:
1. by a parent, another relative or guardian;
2. in respect of a minor;
3. with regard to two or more persons;
4. for a venal goal.
Article 191
(1) (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 28/1982) A person of full age who, without
having concluded a marriage, starts living as man and wife with a person of the female gender,
who has not completed 16 years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or
by probation, as well as by public censure.
(2) An adult who persuades or facilitates an underage male and a female who have not
completed 16 years of age, to start living as spouses, without concluding a marriage, shall be
punished by imprisonment for up to two years or by probation.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 89/1986) If the act under the preceding paragraphs has been
committed with a person who has not completed 14 years of age, the punishment shall be
imprisonment from two to five years.
(4) (Repealed, SG No. 16/2019).
Article 192
(1) (Previous text of Article 192, amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No.
26/2010) A parent or another relative who receives compensation to permit his daughter or
female relative, who has not completed 16 years of age, to start living as married with someone,
shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or a fine from up to BGN 3,000.
(2) (New, SG No. 28/1982) The same punishment shall also be imposed on a person who
gives or mediates in the giving of such compensation.
Article 192a
(New, SG No. 26/2004)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 27/2009) The one who admits to work an individual, who has not
turned 18 years of age, in the absence of a due permit, shall be punished by imprisonment of up
to six months and a fine from BGN 1,000 to 3,000.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 27/2009) Where the act under paragraph 1 has been committed
with respect to an individual who has not turned 16 years of age, the punishment shall be
imprisonment of up to one year and a fine from BGN 3,000 to 5,000.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 27/2009) Where the act under paragraph 1 has been committed for
a second time, the punishment shall be imprisonment of up to one year and a fine of BGN two
thousand to five thousand, and under paragraph 2 - imprisonment of up to three years and a fine
from BGN 3,000 to 8,000.
Article 193