amended and supplemented, SG No. 84/27.09.2013, SG No. 19/5.03.2014, effective 5.03.2014,
amended, SG No. 53/27.06.2014, supplemented, SG No. 107/24.12.2014, effective 1.01.2015,
amended, SG No. 14/20.02.2015, amended and supplemented, SG No. 24/31.03.2015, effective
31.03.2015, supplemented, SG No. 41/5.06.2015, effective 6.07.2015, amended and
supplemented, SG No. 74/26.09.2015, amended, SG No. 79/13.10.2015, effective 1.11.2015,
supplemented, SG No. 102/29.12.2015, effective 1.01.2016, amended, SG No. 32/22.04.2016,
supplemented, SG No. 47/21.06.2016; Decision No. 12/13.10.2016 of the Constitutional Court of
the Republic of Bulgaria - SG No. 83/21.10.2016; amended and supplemented, SG No.
95/29.11.2016, amended, SG No. 13/7.02.2017, effective 7.02.2017, supplemented, SG No.
54/5.07.2017, amended, SG No. 85/24.10.2017, amended and supplemented, SG No.
101/19.12.2017, amended, SG No. 55/3.07.2018, supplemented, SG No. 1/3.01.2019, amended
and supplemented, SG No. 7/22.01.2019, SG No. 16/22.02.2019
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GENERAL PART
Chapter One
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE
CRIMINAL CODE
Section I
Objective of the Criminal Code
Article 1
(1) (Amended, SG No. 1/1991) The objective of the Criminal Code shall be to protect the
person and rights of citizens and the whole legal order established in this country against
criminal encroachments.
(2) For achievement of this objective the Criminal Code shall determine which acts
dangerous to society constitute crimes and what punishments shall be imposed for them, and
shall specify the cases where instead of punishment measures for social influence and education
may be imposed.
Section II
Scope of application of the Criminal Code
Article 2
(1) To each crime applied shall be that law, which was in force at the time of its
perpetration.
(2) If by the entry of the sentence into force different laws are issued, that law shall be
applied which is most favourable for the perpetrator.