Article 3
(1) The Criminal Code shall apply to all crimes committed on the territory of the Republic
of Bulgaria.
(2) The issue of liability of foreign citizens who enjoy immunity with respect to the penal
jurisdiction of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be decided in compliance with the norms of
international law adopted thereby.
Article 4
(1) The Criminal Code shall apply to the Bulgarian citizens also for crimes committed by
them abroad.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 75/2006) No citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria can be transferred
to another state or an international court of justice for the purposes of prosecution, unless this has
been provided for in an international agreement, which has been ratified, published and entered
into force in respect to the Republuc of Bulgaria.
Article 5
The Criminal Code shall also apply to foreign citizens who have committed crimes of
general nature abroad, whereby the interests of the Republic of Bulgaria or of Bulgarian citizens
have been affected.
Article 6
(1) The Criminal Code shall also apply to foreign citizens who have committed abroad
crimes against peace and humanity, whereby the interests of another state or foreign citizens
have been affected.
(2) The Criminal Code shall also apply to other crimes committed by foreign citizens
abroad, where this is stipulated in an international agreement, to which the Republic of Bulgaria
is a party.
Article 7
In the cases of Articles 4 and 5 the pre-trial detention and the punishment served abroad
shall be deducted. Where the two punishments are different in kind, the punishment served
abroad shall be taken into consideration in determining the punishment by the court.
Article 8
(Previous text of Article 8, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011)
(1) Any sentence of a foreign court for a crime to which the Bulgarian Criminal Code is
applicable shall be taken into consideration in the cases specified in an international agreement to
which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party.
(2) (New, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) Any binding conviction decreed in
another EU Member State for an act which constitutes a crime according the Bulgarian Criminal
Code shall be taken into consideration in every criminal proceedings against the same person
conducted in the Republic of Bulgaria.
Chapter Two
CRIME