released from penal responsibility pursuant to this Section; and
c) the damages to property, which have been caused by the crime, have been restored.
(2) (Repealed, SG No. 21/2000).
(3) (Repealed, SG No. 21/2000).
(4) The court which imposes a fine under paragraph (1), may also impose administrative
punishment by deprivation of the right to practice a certain vocation or activity for up to three
years, if deprivation of such right has been provided for the respective crime.
(5) Where for the crime committed a fine only, or a fine and another milder punishment
have been provided, the administrative punishment may not exceed the amount of such fine.
(6) (New, SG No. 26/2010) If the grounds under paragraph 1 are present and the act was
committed by an underage person, the court shall exempt it from penal liability and shall impose
on it an administrative punishment public censure or an educational measure. The court may also
impose an administrative punishment deprivation of the right to exercise a certain vocation or
activity for a period of up to three years, if deprivation of such a right is foreseen for the
respective crime.
(7) (New, SG No. 86/2005, amended, SG No. 75/2006, supplemented, SG No. 27/2009,
renumbered from Paragraph 6, SG No. 26/2010, amended, SG No. 95/2016, supplemented, SG
No. 54/2017) Paragraphs 1 - 6 shall not apply where a severe bodily injury or death were
inflicted, where the perpetrator had been in a state of drunkenness or after use of narcotic drugs
or their analogues, as well as in the presence of a multitude of crimes and where the crime was
committed against a government body of power during or in connection with the performance of
his duty.
Section V
(New, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 62/1997)
Determining the Type of Release from Penal Responsibility
Article 78b
(Repealed, SG No. 62/1997).
Chapter Nine
LAPSE OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND OF
IMPOSED PUNISHMENT
Article 79
(1) Criminal prosecution and the serving of punishment shall be excluded:
1. where the perpetrator has died;
2. where the term of statutory prescription has expired;
3. where an amnesty has followed.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 74/2015) No exclusion by prescription shall be applied to criminal
prosecution and execution of punishment with respect to:
1. crimes against peace and humanity;
2. (declared unconstitutional by Decision No. 12 of the Constitutional Court of the