(New, SG No. 28/1982)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 62/1997, SG No. 21/2000, SG No. 26/2004, SG
No. 26/2010) For acts under Article 194, paragraph (3), Article 195, paragraph (4), Article 204,
letter "a", Article 206, paragraphs (1) and (5), Article 207 and for receiving objects in connection
therewith, where the value of the object is up to the amount of two minimum work salaries for
the country established as of the date, on which the act was committed, the punishment shall be a
fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred, imposed administratively, unless the subject of the
crime has not been recovered or replaced.
(2) The provision of the preceding paragraph shall not be applied where:
1. (amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 62/1997, SG No. 21/2000) the perpetrator has
committed in the course of one year two or more offences, the total value of the object of which
exceeds BGN one hundred and fifty;
2. the perpetrator had been sentenced for such a crime, as well as where an administrative
punishment had been imposed on him for such an offence and one year has not yet elapsed since
its perpetration;
3. (amended, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) the object of the act includes arms;
ammunition for firearms; explosive, poisonous or narcotic substances; pyrotechnic articles;
combat and other special equipment.
Article 218c
(New, SG No. 89/1986, amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 92/2002, SG No. 26/2010)
Criminal prosecution shall be instituted on the grounds of claim by the aggrieved party in
the following cases:
1. For crimes under Article 216, paragraphs 4 and 6 and Article 217, paragraphs 1 and 2,
where the object of the crime has been private property;
2. For theft, appropriation and blackmail, where the object of the crime has been private
property, if the aggrieved party is a spouse, relative to the culprit of ascending or descending line
or of collateral line to the second degree, or a person who lives together with him within one
common household, or if the aggrieved party has been guardian or custodian of the culprit.
Chapter Six
CRIMES AGAINST THE ECONOMY
Section I
General Economic Crimes
Article 219
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 62/1997, SG No. 26/2010) An official who fails
to devote sufficient care to the guidance, control, management, keeping or preservation of the
property entrusted to him, or to the job assigned to him, and where as result thereof considerable
damages, or destruction or scattering of property or other considerable losses have followed for
the enterprise or the economy, shall be punished by deprivation of liberty for up to six years and
a fine from up to BGN 5,000.