labour, or by a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
Article 319
(Amended, SG No. 103/2004, effective 1.01.2005)
A person who destroys, hides or damages a document of another, or document not
belonging exclusively to him, for the purpose of causing harm to someone else, or to procure
benefit for himself or for another, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or by
corrective labour.
Chapter Nine "A"
(New, SG No. 92/2002)
COMPUTER CRIMES
Article 319a
(1) (Amended, SG No. 38/2007, SG No. 101/2017) Who unlawfully access an information
system or parts thereof, in not immaterial cases, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to two
years.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 101/2017) Where the act under Paragraph 1 has been committed by
two or more people, who have previously agreed so to do, the punishment shall be imprisonment
of up to two years and a fine of up to BGN 3,000.
(3) (Supplemented, SG No. 38/2007, amended, SG No. 101/2017) Where the act under
Paragraph 1 is repeated or is with regard to data for creation of an electronic signature, the
punishment shall be imprisonment of up three years and a fine of up to BGN 5,000.
(4) (Amended, SG No. 26/2004, supplemented, SG No. 38/2007) Where acts under
paragraphs 1 - 3 have been committed with regard to information that qualifies as a secret of the
State or to another information protected by the law, the punishment shall be imprisonment from
one to three years, unless severer punishment has been envisaged.
(5) Where grave consequences have occurred as a result of the acts under Paragraph 4,
punishment shall be of one to eight years.
Article 319b
(1) (Amended, SG No. 38/2007, SG No. 101/2017) A person who unduly adds, copies,
uses, modifies, transmits, deletes, damages, impairs, hides, destroys computer data in an
information system or suspend access to such data, in minor cases shall be punished to
imprisonment of up to two years and a fine of up to BGN 3,000.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 101/2017) Where significant damages or other severe effects have
occurred as a result of an act under Paragraph 1, the punishment shall be imprisonment of up to
three years and a fine of up to BGN 5,000.
(3) Where the act under Paragraph 1 has been committed in view of obtaining a material
benefit, the punishment shall be imprisonment from one to three years and a fine of up to BGN
5,000.
(4) (New, SG No. 101/2017) If the act referred to in Paragraph 1 was committed through a
computer programme, password, access code or other data for access to an information system or
a part thereof intended to affect more than one information system, and the effects under
Paragraph 2 have occurred, the punishment shall be imprisonment of one to four years and a fine