debauchery shall be punished by imprisonment for three to ten years and by a fine of up to BGN
1,000.
(2) (New, SG No. 62/1997, amended, SG No. 75/2006) The punishment shall be
imprisonment for five to twelve years, if:
1. the abducted person is under 18 years of age;
2. the abducted person has been placed at disposal for acts of debauchery, or
3. the abduction has been carried out for the purpose of placing the person at disposal for
acts of debauchery beyond the borders of this country.
(3) (New, SG No. 75/2006) The punishment shall be imprisonment from five to fifteen
years and a fine from BGN 5,000 to 20,000 where:
1. the act was committed by an individual acting on the orders or in execution of a decision
of an organised criminal group;
2. the abducted person was handed over for sexual activities outside the borders of the
country;
3. the act constitutes dangerous recidivism.
Article 157
(Amended and supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 89/1986, amended, SG No.
10/1993, SG No. 62/1997, SG No. 92/2002, SG No. 26/2004, SG No. 103/2004, effective
1.01.2005, amended and supplemented, SG No. 75/2006, amended, SG No. 74/2015)
(1) Anyone who performs sexual intercourse or acts of sexual satisfaction with a person of
the same sex, by using force or threat to that end, or by taking advantage of a position of
dependency or supervision, as well as with a person deprived of the possibility for self-defence,
shall be punished by imprisonment for two to eight years.
(2) Where the act under Paragraph 1 was committed in respect of an underage person
engaged in prostitution, the punishment shall be imprisonment from three to ten years.
(3) When the act under Paragraph 1 was committed in respect of a person under the age of
14, the punishment shall be imprisonment from three to twelve years.
(4) Anyone who performs sexual intercourse or acts of sexual gratification with a person
of the same sex under the age of 14 shall be punished by imprisonment from two to six years.
(5) When the act under Paragraph 4 was committed in respect of a person under the age of
14 who is engaged in prostitution, the punishment shall be from two to eight years.
(6) Anyone who performs sexual intercourse or acts of sexual gratification with a person
of the same sex under who is under the age of 14 and who does not understand the nature or
meaning of the act shall be punished by imprisonment from two to six years.
(7) When the criminal act under Paragraphs 1 – 6 constitutes a particularly grave case, the
punishment shall be imprisonment from five to twenty years.
Article 158
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 74/2015).
Article 158a
(New, SG No. 27/2009, amended, SG No. 74/2015)
(1) Anyone who, in any manner whatsoever, recruits, supports, or uses an underage person
or a group of such persons to participate in a pornographic show shall be punished by
imprisonment for up to six years.
(2) Anyone who forces a person under the age of 18 or a group of such persons to