seal affixed on legal grounds by a government body, a private enforcement agent or assistant
private enforcement agent upon movable or real property, as a sign that access to or disposition
of it are restricted, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or by a fine from BGN
100 to BGN 300.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 92/2002) A person who disposes of an object placed under distraint
or left with him for safekeeping, shall be punished by the same punishment as above.
Article 277a
(New, SG No. 27/2009, effective 10.04.2009)
(1) A person seeking archeological sites without due permit shall be punished by
imprisonment for up to five years.
(2) A person who without due permit performs or orders the performing of on-site
archeological excavations, geophysical or underwater studies or performs excavation works in
contradiction to the procedure stipulated in the law on the area of an immovable cultural property
or in its security zone shall be punished by imprisonment for up to six years and by a fine from
BGN two thousand to twenty thousand.
(3) Where technical equipment or motor vehicles have been used to take the actions, the
punishment shall be imprisonment from one to six years and a fine from BGN five thousand to
fifty thousand.
(4) A person who orders or allows performance of unlawful activities on a protected
territory for preservation of cultural heritage, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to five
years and by a fine from BGN two thousand to ten thousand.
(5) A person who continues, orders or allows continuation of the activity under paragraph
(4) after it was suspended by the due bodies, shall be punished by imprisonment from one to six
years and by a fine from BGN three thousand to twenty thousand.
(6) The punishments under paragraphs (4) and (5) shall also be imposed on a person who
organizes or supervises the activity, if he knew or assumed that it is performed in contradiction
to the Cultural Heritage Act.
(7) A person who unlawfully prepares, holds or conceals items, materials, tools or computer
programs, which he knows or assumes are intended or have been used for seeking, keeping,
changing or transportation of archaeological sites, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to
six years, whereas the court may also rule to impose deprivation of right under Article 37 (1)
item 7.
(8) In the cases under paragraph 1 - 6 the court may rule confiscation of up to one half of
the property of the culprit and under paragraph (7) - of part or of the whole property of the
culprit.
Article 278
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, amended and supplemented, SG No. 10/1993, amended, SG
No. 26/2004, amended and supplemented, SG No. 57/2007, amended, SG No. 27/2009, effective
10.04.2009)
(1) A person who discovers cultural property and within seven days does not inform the
authorities, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or by a fine from BGN five
hundred to three thousand.
(2) Where the cultural property has a particularly high scientific or art value, the
punishment shall be imprisonment for up to four years or a fine from one thousand to five