(1) The provisions of Article 28 and 29 shall not be applied, if more than five years have
elapsed since the serving of punishment under the preceding sentences. Rehabilitation within this
period of time shall not exclude their application.
(2) (New, SG No. 28/1982) In the case of conditional sentence and in the case of
conditional early release from prison (parole) the term as per paragraph (1) shall commence as
from the date of the probation period expiration.
Chapter Three
PENALLY RESPONSIBLE PERSONS
Article 31
(1) Penally responsible shall be any person of full age - who has completed 18 years of age,
and who has perpetrated a crime in the state of being responsible for his acts.
(2) A minor - a person who has completed 14 years of age, but has not completed 18 years
of age yet - shall be penally responsible if he was able to understand the nature and meaning of
the act and to manage his actions.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 107/1996) Minors who cannot be considered culpable of their acts
shall be admitted by a decision of the court to a correctional boarding school or to another
appropriate establishment, should this be found necessary considering the circumstances of the
case.
(4) With regard to the penal responsibility of minors, the special rules provided by this
Code shall be applicable.
Article 32
(1) Underage persons who have not completed 14 years of age shall not be held penally
responsible.
(2) With respect to minors who have committed socially dangerous acts, the relevant
educational measures may be applied.
Article 33
(1) Penally responsible shall not be a person, who has acted in a state of insanity - where
due to retarded mentality or derangement of his consciousness of prolonged or short duration, the
person has not been able to understand the nature and meaning of the act or to manage his
actions.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 95/1975) No punishment shall be imposed on a person who has
committed a crime, where by the pronouncement of the sentence that person falls into a state of
deranged consciousness, as a result of which he cannot understand the nature and meaning of his
actions or manage them. Such a person shall be subject to punishment if he recovers his health.
Article 34
With regard to the persons mentioned in the preceding article, the relevant compulsory
medical measures may be applied in the cases provided in this Code.
Chapter Four
PUNISHMENT