of the perpetrator's property.
Article 197
If prior to the conclusion of the judicial inquiry at the first instance court the stolen object
is returned or replaced, the punishment shall be:
1. in the cases of Article 194, paragraph (1) - imprisonment for up to five years;
2. (amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 26/2004) in the cases of Article
194, paragraph (3), and Article 195, paragraph (4) - probation or a fine from BGN one hundred
to three hundred
3. (amended, SG No. 89/1986) in the cases of Article 195, paragraph (1), sub-paragraphs 2
- 6 - imprisonment for up to eight years;
4. (amended, SG No. 89/1986) in the cases of Article 195, paragraph (2) in connection
with Article 194 and with Article 195, paragraph (1), sub-paragraphs 2 - 6 - imprisonment for up
to eight years;
5. (new, SG No. 89/1986) in the cases of Article 196a - imprisonment from eight to twenty
years.
Article 197a
(New, SG No. 89/1986, repealed, SG No. 10/1993).
Section II
Robbery
Article 198
(1) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993) A person who takes away movable object from the
possession of another with the intention to unlawfully appropriate it, using thereby force or threat,
shall be punished for robbery by imprisonment for three to ten years.
(2) Threat shall be understood to be such an immediate act which exposes to grave danger
the life, health, honour or property of the threatened or of another attending person.
(3) Robbery shall also be any theft in which the criminal, being caught on the spot of the
crime, uses force or threat in order to retain possession of the stolen object.
(4) Robbery shall also be considered to occur where for the purpose of taking away the
object the victim has been brought to state of unconsciousness or to helpless state.
Article 199
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993) For robbery of objects:
1. on a large scale;
2. committed by two or more persons who have conspired in advance to commit thefts or
robberies;
3. occurring with infliction of severe or medium bodily injury;
4. constituting a case of dangerous recidivism;
5. (new, SG No. 92/2002, amended, SG No. 92/2002, effective 1.01.2005 with respect to
the punishment of probation - amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004) committed by an
individual acting at the orders or in implementing a decision o an organized criminal group,
(amended, SG No. 103/2004, effective 1.01.2005) the punishment shall be imprisonment