(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 1/1991). Article 181 A person who violates an obligation to a spouse, a relative of ascending or descending line, incapable of taking care for himself, and thereby places him in a position of serious distress, shall be punished by probation as well as by public censure, provided the act does not constitute a graver crime. Article 182 (1) (Amended, SG No. 26/2010) A parent or guardian who leaves a person who is under parental care or guardianship, without supervision and sufficient care and thereby creates a danger for his physical, spiritual or moral development, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years, as well as by public censure. (2) (New, SG No. 28/1982, amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 26/2010, SG No. 16/2019) A parent or another relative who fails to fulfil or in any way frustrates the application of a court decision on the exercise of parental rights, or on personal contacts with a child, shall be punished by probation and a fine from BGN two thousand to five thousand, and in particularly grave cases - by imprisonment for up to six months and a fine up from BGN five thousand to ten thousand. (3) (New, SG No. 28/1982) The perpetrator shall not be punished if, after a warning by the respective state authority, he fulfils the decision or removes the obstacles to its application. This provision shall not be applied for a second time. Article 182a (New, SG No. 26/2004) (1) (Amended, SG No. 26/2010) The one who, in view of obtaining a pecuniary benefit, tries to convince a parent, through donation, promise, threat or abuse of office, to abandon his child or give consent for adoption, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of up to BGN 2,000. (2) The punishment under paragraph 1 shall also be imposed on the one who tries to convince a young person to give consent for his own adoption, where the law requires consent to be given. (3) The one who acts as an intermediary, with a view to obtain an illegal pecuniary benefit, between a person or a family wishing to adopt a child, and a parent, wishing to abandon a child, or a woman, who agrees to carry in her womb a child to surrender for adoption, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to two years and a fine from up to BGN 3,000. (4) Where the act under paragraph 1 is committed for a second time, the punishment shall be imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of up to BGN 4,000. Article 182b (New, SG No. 75/2006) (1) A person of the female sex giving consent for the sale of her child in this country or abroad shall be punished by imprisonment from one to six years and a fine from BGN 5,000 to BGN 15,000. (2) The punishment under Paragraph 1 shall also be imposed on a pregnant woman giving consent to the sale of her child before delivery.

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