power, natural gas, liquid fuel, heat energy or water, or of discharged wastewater, shall be
punishable by imprisonment of up to five years and a fine from up to BGN 15,000.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) Where the act under Paragraph 1 is
committed for a second time, the punishment shall be imprisonment from one to eight years and
a fine of BGN 20,000.
Article 235
(Amended, SG No. 86/1991, SG No. 85/1997, SG No. 26/2004)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 75/2006) A person who, without a regular written permit or with a
regular permit, but in places, terms, quantities and trees other than those indicated therein fells,
collects, obtains, takes or transports from the forestry funds any kind of trees or parts thereof,
including cut down or fallen ones, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to six years or by
corrective labour, as well as by a fine from BGN 1,000 to BGN 20,000.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 75/2006) The punishment under Paragraph (1) shall also be
imposed on a person who conceals, loads, transports, unloads, stores or processes timber
unlawfully obtained by another.
(3) A crime under paras 1 and 2 shall be punishable by imprisonment from one to eight
years and a fine from BGN five to fifteen thousand, where:
1. it has been committed by two or more individuals who have reached a preliminary
agreement for its perpetration;
2. it has been committed with the complicity of a forestry officer, who has made use of his
office;
3. it has been committed through the use of a false or counterfeited document or of a
document with untrue content;
4. has been committed for a second time;
5. the object of crime qualifies as a large quantity.
(4) Where the crimes under paras 1 through 3 have been committed by an individual who
acted at the orders of or executed a decision of an organised criminal group, or they amount to
dangerous recidivism, the punishment shall be imprisonment from three to ten years and a fine
from BGN ten thousand to one hundred thousand.
(5) Where the object of crime qualifies as a particularly large amount and the case is
especially serious, the punishment shall be imprisonment from five to fifteen years and a fine
from BGN fifteen thousand to five hundred thousand.
(6) (New, SG No. 75/2006) In minor cases the punishment shall be imprisonment of up to
one year or probation, or a fine from BGN 100 to BGN 300.
(7) (Renumbered from Paragraph 6, SG No. 75/2006) The object of crime shall be
forfeited to the benefit of the state and where absent or alienated, its equivalent shall be awarded.
Article 236
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 86/1991, SG No. 85/1997, SG No. 75/2006)
A person who destroys or damages in any way forest trees, saplings, undergrowth, forest
plantations or forest nurseries, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or by
probation, as well as by a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred, and in particularly grave
cases - by deprivation liberty for up to five years.
Article 237