3. the person taken across the frontier is not Bulgarian citizen;
4. a motor vehicle, an aircraft or another means of transportation has been used;
5. (amended, SG No. 74/2015) the crossing of the border has been organised by a group or
organisation;
6. (new, SG No. 27/2009) the crossing was organised in a manner endangering the lives of
the people being carried across.
(3) (New, SG No. 74/2015) The punishment shall be imprisonment from three to twelve
years, a fine from BGN 10,000 to 30,000, and confiscation of part of or the entire property of the
perpetrator when the act was carried out with the participation of an official who has abused
his/her position or office.
(4) (Renumbered from Paragraph 3, supplemented, SG No. 74/2015) In the cases under
Paragraph 2(4), the means of transportation shall be confiscated by the State, if it was owned by
or given to the perpetrator voluntarily.
Article 281
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 37/1989, new, SG No. 27/2009)
(1) (Previous text of Article 281, amended and supplemented, SG No. 74/2015) Anyone
who, for the purpose of gaining a material benefit for himself/herself or for another person,
unlawfully assists a foreigner to reside in or go across Bulgaria in violation of the law shall be
punished by imprisonment for up to five years and a fine from BGN 3,000 to 10,000.
(2) (New, SG No. 74/2015) The punishment shall be imprisonment from one to six years
and a fine from BGN 5,000 to 20,000 where the act has been:
1. committed while using a motor vehicle, aircraft, or another means of transportation;
2. organised by a group or organisation;
3. committed in a way which poses a threat to the person's life;
4. committed in respect of a person who has not reached 16 years of age;
5. committed in respect of more than one person.
(3) (New, SG No. 74/2015) In the cases under Paragraph 2(1), the means of transportation
shall be confiscated by the State, if it was owned by or given to the perpetrator voluntarily.
Section II
Malfeasances
Article 282
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982) An official who violates or fails to fulfil his official duties,
or exceeds his powers or rights for the purpose of acquiring a benefit for himself or for another,
or to cause damage to another, from which significant harmful consequences may set in, shall be
punished by imprisonment for up to five years, whereas the court may also rule deprivation of
the right under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraph 6, or by probation.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 89/1986) If from the act major harmful
consequences have set in, or the act has been committed by a person occupying a responsible
official position, the punishment shall be imprisonment from one to eight years, whereas the
court may rule deprivation of the right under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraph 6.
(3) (New, SG No. 89/1986) For particularly grave cases under the preceding paragraph the
punishment shall be imprisonment from three to ten years, and the court shall also rule