(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, previous text of Article 270, SG No.
21/2000, supplemented, SG No. 43/2005, amended, SG No. 27/2009, SG No. 26/2010) A person
who unlawfully obstructs a government body, a private enforcement agent or assistant private
enforcement agent in implementing its duties, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three
years or a fine from BGN five hundred to two thousand.
(2) (New, SG No. 21/2000, amended, SG No. 27/2009, SG No. 26/2010) Where the duties
of the government body are connected with control over the traffic in drugs, analogues or
precursors, the punishment shall be imprisonment for up to five years and a fine from BGN ten
thousand up to fifty thousand.
Article 270a
(New, SG No. 26/1973, repealed, SG No. 89/1986).
Article 271
(Amended, SG No. 92/1969, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 99/1989).
Article 272
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982)
(1) (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) A person who unwarrantedly leaves
an inhabited place in spite of a duly established administrative ban, shall be punished by
imprisonment for up to six months or probation.
(2) (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) A person who, after the respective
warning, continues systematically to violate the legally established measures for administrative
supervision over him, shall be punished by probation for a term of one year.
Article 273
(Supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, corrected, SG No. 31/1982, supplemented, SG No.
41/1985, repealed, SG No. 91/1989, new, SG No. 102/2006)
Any person who discloses information establishing affiliation with the State Security
Service or the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian Popular Army in violation of the Access to
and Disclosure of the Documents and Announcing of Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens with the
State Security Service and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian Popular Army Act shall be
punished by imprisonment for a period of 3 to 6 years and a fine in the amount of between BGN
15 000 and BGN 30 000.
Article 274
(1) A person who unwarrantedly performs an act which falls within the duties of position
of an official, which he does not occupy or from which he has been deprived, shall be punished
by imprisonment for up to one year or by probation.
(2) The same punishment shall be imposed also on a person who unwarrantedly performs
an act, which falls within the scope of functions of a representative of the public, with which he
has not been entrusted or which he has been deprived of, and thereby unlawfully infringes upon
public or private interests.