Article 216a
(New, SG No. 26/2004)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) The one who, alone or acting
through another, illegally interferes with the completeness of equipment or objects belonging to a
power transmission or distribution network, to a gas transportation or heat transmission system,
to a system for the transmission of liquid fuel, or to a water-supply or sewage system, making
thereby conditions available for the divergence of power, natural gas, liquid fuels, heat energy or
water, or the discharge of waste water, shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to five years
and a fine from up to BGN 20,000.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) Where the act under Paragraph 1 is
committed for a second time, the punishment shall be imprisonment from one to ten years and a
fine from up to BGN 30,000.
Section VIII
Breach of Trust
(Title amended, SG No. 10/1993)
Article 217
(Amended, SG No. 10/1993)
(1) A person who consciously inflicts damage to the property of another, which has been
entrusted to him for management or safekeeping, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to
three years or by a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
(2) The same punishment shall be imposed on a representative or a proxy who has acted
consciously against the lawful interests of the represented person.
(3) (New, SG No. 92/2002) Punishment under Paragraph 1 shall also be imposed to the
individual who disposes of an object mortgaged or pledged that has been left with him for
storage.
(4) (Renumbered from Paragraph 3, SG No. 92/2002) Where as result of the above acts
considerable or irrecoverable damages have occurred, the punishment shall be imprisonment for
up to five years and a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
Special Provision
Article 218
(Repealed, SG No. 10/1993).
Additional Provisions
(Title amended, SG No. 28/1982)
Article 218a
(New, SG No. 89/1979, amended, SG No. 89/1986, repealed, SG No. 10/1993).
Article 218b