(4) A participant in the group who voluntarily surrenders to the authorities and discloses
the group before the group or the person commit another crime under this section shall not be
punished.
Section IV
Violation of the Inviolability of a Dwelling, Premises or a
Transport Vehicle
(Title amended, SG No. 28/1982)
Article 170
(Amended and supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No.
62/1997)
(1) A person who enters the dwelling of another by using therefor force, threat, ruse,
dexterity, abuse of power or special technical means, shall be punished by imprisonment for up
to three years or by probation for up to six months.
(2) If the act under the preceding paragraph has been committed at night or by an armed
person, or by two or more persons, the punishment shall be imprisonment for one to five years.
(3) If the acts under the preceding paragraphs have been directed against a dwelling,
transport vehicle or official premises of a person enjoying international protection, the
punishment shall be: under paragraph (1) imprisonment for one to five years, under paragraph (2)
- imprisonment for two to eight years.
(4) A person who illegally remains in another person's dwelling in spite of an express
invitation to leave, shall he punished by imprisonment for up to one year.
Section V
Violation of the Inviolability of Correspondence
Article 171
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993) A person who contrary to the law:
1. opens, falsifies, hides or destroys a letter, telegram, sealed papers, package and the like
of another person;
2. takes another person's, although opened, letter or telegram for the purpose of obtaining
knowledge of their contents, or for the same purpose delivers another person's letter or telegram
to someone else;
3. (new, SG No. 92/2002) becomes aware of the content of an electronic message not
addressed to him/her or prevents such a message from reaching its original addressee, shall be
punished by imprisonment for up to one year or by a fine from BGN one hundred to three
hundred.
(2) If the act was perpetrated by an official who availed himself of his official position, the
punishment shall by imprisonment for up to two years, and the court may also rule deprivation of
the right under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraph 6.
(3) (Supplemented, SG No. 92/2002, SG No. 101/2017) A person who, by use of special
technical means, unlawfully gains access to or receives a message not addressed to him,