including any crime against another country - enters Bulgaria across its border or illegally resides in it. (8) (Renumbered from Paragraph 3, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011, renumbered from Paragraph 4, SG No. 74/2015) The object of the crime under Paragraph 2 above shall be confiscated to the benefit of the State, and where this object may not be found or has been expropriated, payment of its equivalent sum in cash shall be ruled. Article 109 (1) (Amended, SG No. 99/1989, SG No. 92/2002, SG No. 75/2006) A person who forms or leads an organisation or group, which has set itself the aim of committing crimes under the present Chapter, shall be punished by deprivation of liberty for up to twelve years, but not more than the punishment provided for the respective crime. (2) (Amended, SG No. 92/2002, supplemented, SG No. 75/2006) A person who is a member of such an organisation or group shall be punished by deprivation of liberty for up to ten years, but not more than the punishment provided for the respective crime. (3) (New, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) When the organisation or group is aimed at committing a crime under Article 108a, the punishment shall be: 1. imprisonment from ten to twenty years, in cases within the scope of Paragraph 1; 2. imprisonment from two to ten years, in cases within the scope of Paragraph 2; (4) (Supplemented, SG No. 95/1975, amended, SG No. 92/2002, supplemented, SG No. 75/2006, renumbered from Paragraph 3, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) A participant in the organisation or group who, of his own accord gives himself up to the authorities and discloses all the information he/she has available about the organisation or group and thus considerably facilitates detection of, and collection of evidence with regard to, crimes by it committed under this Chapter, shall be punished in accordance with Article 55. (5) (Amended, SG No. 92/2002, supplemented, SG No. 75/2006, renumbered from Paragraph 4, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) A participant in the organisation or group who, of his own accord gives himself up to the authorities and reveals the existence of the organisation or group before this individual or the group has committed another crime under this Chapter, shall not be punished. Article 110 (Amended, SG No. 99/1989, SG No. 92/2002) (1) (Previous text of Article 110, SG No. 74/2015, supplemented, SG No. 101/2017) For preparatory arrangements relating to a crime under Articles 95, 96, 99, 106, 107, and 108a (1), (6) and (7), the punishment shall be imprisonment for up to six years. (2) (New, SG No. 74/2015) Any foreign national who is making preparatory arrangements, in the territory of Bulgaria, to commit a crime under Article 108a(1) abroad, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to six years, but for no longer than the punishment stipulated in Article 108a(1). Article 111 (Repealed, SG No. 99/1989). Article 112 (Amended, SG No. 41/1985, repealed, SG No. 99/1989).

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