disposed thereof, failing to protect the rights of pledge creditors, or where perpetrator uses
movable property of another as a pledge, thereby making it more difficult for creditors to obtain
satisfaction.
(3) (New, SG No. 28/1982) If the embezzlement is on a large scale or constitutes a case of
dangerous recidivism the punishment shall be imprisonment for three to ten years, whereas the
court shall deprive the culprit of rights under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraphs 6 and 7, and may
rule confiscation of part or the whole of his property.
(4) (New, SG No. 28/1982) For embezzlement on particularly large scale, constituting a
particularly grave case, the punishment shall be deprivation of liberty for five to fifteen years,
whereas the court shall rule also deprivation of rights under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraphs 6 and
7, and confiscation of part or the whole of the culprit's property.
(5) (Former paragraph (3), amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993) In minor cases the
punishment shall be imprisonment for up to one year or probation, or a fine from BGN one
hundred to three hundred
(6) (Renumbered from Paragraph 4, amended, SG No. 28/1982) If the embezzled property
is returned or replaced prior to the conclusion of the judicial inquiry at the first instance court,
the punishment shall be:
1. under paragraph (1) - imprisonment for up to three years;
2. under paragraph (3) - imprisonment for two to eight years;
3. under paragraph (4) - imprisonment for three to twelve years;
4. (amended, SG No. 10/1993) under paragraph (5) - probation or a fine from BGN one
hundred to three hundred
(7) (New, SG No. 28/1982) In the cases of sub-paragraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, the
court may rule confiscation of up to one half of the property of the culprit and to deprive him of
rights under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraphs 6 and 7, and in the cases under sub-paragraph 3 it
shall rule confiscation of part or the whole property of the culprit and shall deprive him of rights
under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraphs 6 and 7.
Article 207
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, corrected, SG No. 31/1982, amended, SG No. 10/1993)
(1) A person who finds an object belonging to another and in the course of one week does
not notify thereof the owner, the authorities, or the person who has lost it, shall be punished by a
fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
(2) The same punishment shall be imposed on a person who unlawfully appropriates an
object of another, which has come to his possession accidentally or by mistake.
Article 208
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 26/2004, amended and
supplemented, SG No. 27/2009, effective 10.04.2009) A person who discovers a treasure and in
the course of seven days fails to notify the authorities thereof, shall be punished by probation or
by a fine from BGN 500 to 1,000.
(2) (New, SG No. 10/1993, amended, SG No. 26/2004, SG No. 27/2009, effective
10.04.2009) A person who, while searching, discovers a treasure and in the course of two weeks
fails to notify the authorities thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or
by a fine from BGN 1,000 to 5,000.
(3) (Renumbered from Paragraph 2, amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 26/2004) If the