Receiving Objects
Article 215
(1) (Supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, amended, SG No. 10/1993, supplemented, SG No.
62/1997, amended, SG No. 26/2010) A person who for the purpose of procuring material benefit
for himself or for another conceals, acquires or helps for the appropriation of movable properties
of another, for which he knows or supposes that they have been obtained by somebody through
crime or another act which constitutes public danger, shall be punished by imprisonment from
one to six years, but with a punishment not more severe than the one provided for the crime
itself.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 95/1975, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 62/1997, SG
No. 26/2010) The punishment shall be imprisonment for three to ten years and a fine from BGN
five thousand to ten thousand, if the receiving is:
1. of large amount;
2. of articles set under special regime;
3. carried out as occupation;
4. repeated or constitutes dangerous recidivism.
Section VII
Destruction and Endamagement
Article 216
(1) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993) A person who unlawfully destroys or damages movable
or real property of another, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to five years.
(2) (New, SG No. 92/2002) An individual who destroys, demolishes or harms his/her
property that has been mortgaged or pledged, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to five
years and a fine from up to BGN 2,000
(3) (New, SG No. 92/2002, amended, SG No. 101/2017) Where an individual, through
acquiring illegal access to a computer relevant to an enterprise, establishment, legal entity or
individual, destroys or causes harm to the property of another, shall be punished by
imprisonment from one to six years and a fine of up to BGN 10,000.
(4) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, renumbered from Paragraph 2, SG No.
92/2002) In minor cases the punishment shall be imprisonment for up to six months or a fine
from BGN 1,000 to 3,000.
(5) (Supplemented, SG No. 62/1997, renumbered from Paragraph 3, SG No. 92/2002,
amended and supplemented, SG No. 26/2004) If considerable damages have been caused or
other grave consequences have set in or if the act has been committed by a person under Article
142, paragraph (2), subparagraphs 6 and 8, or where the act is associated with the destruction or
damaging of telecommunication network elements, the punishment shall be imprisonment for up
to ten years, and the court may also rule deprivation of rights under Article 37, paragraph 1,
sub-paragraphs 6 and 7.
(6) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993, renumbered from Paragraph 4, amended, SG No. 92/2002)
If the act under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (5) has been committed through negligence, the
punishment shall be imprisonment for up to two years or a fine of BGN 1,000 to 3,000.