Article 223
(1) (Supplemented, SG No. 28/1982) A person who gives untrue information about the
quantity, quality or the kind of the produced article or about the work done with the aim to obtain
undue material benefit, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or by probation,
if this does not constitute a graver crime.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993) A person who receives an undue
remuneration for what he has produced or for the work he has done, knowing that it was
determined on the basis of such untrue data, shall be punished by probation or by a fine from
BGN one hundred to three hundred, if this does not constitute a graver crime.
(3) The acquired by the perpetrator as a result of the crimes under the preceding
paragraphs shall be returned to the respective organisation.
Article 224
(1) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993) A person who receives a gift or other material benefit in
order to give, or because he has given, to a foreign country, foreign organisation or company, or
to a foreign citizen, information from which considerable damage has ensued or may ensue for
the economy, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to five years and by a fine of from BGN
one hundred to three hundred, if his act does not constitute a graver crime.
(2) The same punishment shall be imposed also on a person who has given the gift or the
material benefit.
(3) The object of the crime shall be confiscated in favour of the state.
Article 225
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, supplemented, SG No. 89/1986, amended, SG No.
81/1990, SG No. 10/1993) A person who sells goods above the established price or before the
price has been established or determined under the established procedure, or who receives for a
service remuneration greater than that legally permitted, shall be punished by imprisonment for
up to two years or a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
(2) (New, SG No. 26/1973, supplemented, SG No. 81/1990, amended, SG No. 10/1993) If
the act under the preceding paragraph has been committed for a second time and is not a minor
case, or if the sum received in excess is considerable, the punishment shall be imprisonment for
six months to three years and a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
(3) (New, SG No. 26/1973, amended, SG No. 89/1986, repealed, new, SG No. 81/1990) A
person who, after he has been punished for offence under Article 3 of the Fight Against
Profiteering Act, commits the same offence before expiry of one year following the coming into
force of the penal ruling, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years.
(4) (New, renumbered from Paragraph 2, SG No. 26/1973, repealed, renumbered from
Paragraph 5, SG No. 89/1986) A person who consciously compiles untrue information or
presents untrue data for determining the price of goods or services, from which damages have
ensued or could ensue for a state institution or enterprise, for a public organisation or for the
citizens, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to one year or probation.
(Paragraph 5, renumbered from Paragraph 3, amended, SG No. 26/1973, SG No. 28/1982,
renumbered from Paragraph 6, SG No. 89/1986, repealed, SG No. 81/1990)
(5) (New, SG No. 95/1975, renumbered from Paragraph 8, SG No. 89/1986, renumbered
from Paragraph 7, SG No. 81/1990) In the cases where under the preceding paragraphs the court