(Supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 92/2002, effective 1.01.2005 amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004).
Article 49
(1) (Amended, SG No. 92/2002 - effective 1.01.2005, with respect to the punishment of
probation, amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004) The punishment by deprivation of
rights under Article 37, paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs 6 and 7, where imposed separately or with
another punishment, not connected to imprisonment, shall be pronounced for a specified term of
up to three years within the limits established in the special part of this Code.
(2) (Supplemented, SG No. 54/1978) Where the deprivation of such rights is imposed
together with imprisonment, its term may exceed the term of the latter by at most three years,
unless otherwise provided in the Special Part of this Code.
(3) The term shall commence as from the entry of the sentence into force, but the convict
may not avail himself of the rights of which he has been deprived prior to completion of the
punishment by deprivation of liberty.
(4) The term of deprivation of rights shall be reduced by the period of time for reduction of
the term of imprisonment due to remission, work or deduction of period of preliminary detention.
(5) (Amended, SG No. 153/1998) A person sentenced to life without a chance of
commuting shall be deprived of the rights set forth in the sentence for good.
Article 50
(1) The punishment by deprivation of the right to hold a certain state or public office and
deprivation of the right to exercise a certain vocation or activity shall be imposed in the cases
provided by the law, if holding the respective office or exercising the respective vocation or
activity is incompatible with the nature of the committed crime.
(2) (New, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 92/2002, effective 1.01.2005 - amended, SG
No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004).
(3) (Renumbered from Paragraph 2, SG No. 28/1982) The punishment by deprivation of
right to be awarded orders, honorary titles and distinctions and deprivation of military rank may
be imposed only in convictions for grave crimes.
Article 51
After the expiry of the term, the convict shall be able again to exercise the rights of which
he was deprived by the sentence. This shall not apply to the rights under Article 37 (1),
sub-paragraphs 9 and 10, which may be acquired anew only by the procedure established
therefor.
Article 52
The punishment of public censure consists in public denouncement of the culprit, which
shall be made known to the respective work collective, through the press or in another
appropriate manner, in accordance with the instructions given in the sentence.
Article 53
(1) Notwithstanding the penal responsibility, confiscated in favour of the state shall be:
a) (supplemented, SG No. 7/2019) objects belonging to the culprit that were intended or
served for the perpetration of an intentional crime; where the objects are missing or are