thousand BGN. (3) In case of resulting destruction or damaging of the cultural property, where the perpetrator did not desire or presume this, the punishment shall be: in the cases under paragraph (1) - imprisonment for up to four years and a fine from BGN one thousand to five thousand and in the cases under paragraph (2) - imprisonment for up to five years and a fine from BGN two thousand to ten thousand. (4) The perpetrator shall not be punished if he informs of the discovered cultural property also after the time-period under paragraph (1) if the consequences under paragraph (3) did not occur. (5) An official who does not request identification and registration of cultural property shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years, whereas the court may also rule to impose deprivation of right under Article 37 (1) item 6. (6) A person holding an archeological site, which is not identified and registered under the due procedure shall be punished by imprisonment for up to four years and by a fine from BGN two thousand to ten thousand and where the object of the crime constitutes a national treasure, as well as where more than three archeological sites are held - by deprivation of freedom for up to six years and by a fine from BGN three thousand to fifteen thousand. The court may also rule to impose confiscation of up to one half of the property of the culprit, as well as deprivation of rights under Article 37 (1) items 6 and 7. (7) The object of the crime shall be confiscated in favour of the state. Article 278a (New, SG No. 10/1993, amended, SG No. 26/2004, SG No. 27/2009, effective 10.04.2009) (1) A person who offers for alienation or who alienates cultural property, which is not identified and registered, shall be punished by deprivation of freedom from one to six years and by a fine from BGN one thousand to twenty thousand. (2) The punishment under paragraph (1) shall also be imposed on a person who acquires such cultural property. (3) Where the acts under paragraphs (1) and (2) have been committed repeatedly or constitute dangerous recidivism or have been performed upon an order or in performance of a decision of an organised criminal group, as well as when they were performed with the purpose of carrying the crime object outside of the borders of Bulgaria, the punishment shall be imprisonment from three to ten years and a fine from BGN five thousand to fifty thousand. (4) The same punishment shall be imposed on a person who without due permit carries cultural property outside of the borders of Bulgaria. (5) The punishment under paragraph 1 - 4 shall also be imposed when the crime object is a document from the National Archive Stock. (6) The object of the crime shall be confiscated in favour of the state and where it is missing or has been alienated, its equivalent shall be awarded Article 278b (New, SG No. 10/1993, amended, SG No. 26/2004, SG No. 75/2006, SG No. 27/2009, effective 10.04.2009) (1) A person who unlawfully destroys or damages an own cultural property or a document from the National Archive Stock shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or by a fine from BGN five hundred to two thousand, as well as by public censure.