participate in a pornographic show shall be punished by imprisonment from one to six years.
(3) When the act under Paragraph 1 or 2 was committed in respect of a person who has not
reached 14 years of age, the punishment shall be imprisonment from two to eight years.
(4) Where a material benefit has been received as a result of the criminal act, the
punishment shall be:
1. in the cases under Paragraph 1 or 2 - imprisonment from two to eight years and a fine
from BGN 10,000 to 20,000;
2. in the cases under Paragraph 3 - imprisonment from three to ten years and a fine from
BGN 20,000 to 50,000;
(5) Anyone who watches a pornographic show involving a person under 18 years of age
shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years.
Article 158b
(New, SG No. 74/2015)
For a crime under Articles 149 - 157 or Article 158a, the court may also impose a
punishment which entails deprivation of rights under Article 37, Paragraph 1, sus-paragraphs 6
or 7.
Article 159
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 62/1997, SG No. 92/2002)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 38/2007) A person who produces, displays, presents, broadcasts,
distributes, sells, rents or otherwise circulates a pornographic material, shall be punished by
imprisonment of up to one year and a fine from BGN 1,000 to 3,000.
(2) (New, SG No. 38/2007, supplemented, SG No. 27/2009, amended, SG No. 74/2015)
Anyone who distributes pornographic material by means of information or communication
technology or in another similar manner shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years
and a fine from BGN 1,000 to 3,000.
(3) (Renumbered from paragraph 2 and amended, SG No. 38/2007) An individual who
displays, presents, offers, sells, rents or distributes in another manner a pornographic material to
a person who has not turned 16 years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to three
years and a fine of up to BGN 5,000.
(4) (Amended, SG No. 75/2006, renumbered from Paragraph 3, amended, SG No. 38/2007,
SG No. 74/2015) For acts under Paragraphs 1 - 3, the punishment shall be imprisonment for up
to six years and a fine of up to BGN 8,000, where:
1. a person who has not reached 18 years of age (or anyone who looks like such a person)
has been used for the production of the pornographic material;
2. a person who does not understand the nature or meaning of the act has been used for the
creation of the pornographic material;
3. the act has been committed by two or more persons;
4. the act has been committed repeatedly.
(5) (Renumbered from paragraph 4 and amended, SG No. 38/2007) Where acts under
paras. 1 - 4 have been committed at the orders or in implementing a decision of an organized
criminal group, punishment shall be imprisonment from two to eight years and a fine of up to
BGN ten thousand (10,000), the court being also competent to impose confiscation of some or all
the possessions of the perpetrator.
(6) (Renumbered from paragraph 5 and amended, SG No. 38/2007, SG No. 74/2015)
Anyone who, by means of information or communication technology or otherwise, possesses or