(2) (Supplemented, SG No. 75/2006, amended, SG No. 27/2009) Where the act under
Paragraph 1 has been committed in presence of characteristics under Article 159a, Paragraph 2
and 3, the punishment shall be imprisonment from five to twelve years and a fine from BGN
twenty thousand to fifty thousand.
Article 159c
(New, SG No. 27/2009, amended, SG No. 84/2013)
A person who takes advantage of a person who suffered from human trafficking for acts of
debauchery, forced labour or begging, dispossession of a body organ, tissue, cell or body fluid or
holding him in forceful subjection, regardless of his consent shall be punished by imprisonment
from three to ten years and a fine from BGN ten thousand to twenty thousand.
Article 159d
(Previous Article 159c, amended, SG No. 27/2009)
Where acts under articles 159a - 159c qualify as dangerous recidivism or have been
committed at the orders or in implementing a decision of an organized criminal group, the
punishment shall be imprisonment from five to fifteen years and a fine from BGN twenty
thousand to one hundred thousand, the courts being also competent to impose confiscation of
some or all possessions of the perpetrator.
Additional provision
Article 160
(1) (Redesignated from Article 160, SG No. 54/1978, amended, SG No. 26/2010) For the
crimes under Article 116, paragraph 1, sub-paragraph 2, Article 123, Article 126, Article 131,
paragraph 1, sub-paragraph 2, Article 134, Article 142, paragraphs 2 and 3, the court may rule
deprivation of rights under Article 37, paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs 6 or 7.
(2) (New, SG No. 54/1978, repealed, SG No. 28/1982).
Special Provision
Article 161
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, supplemented, SG No. 89/1986, amended, SG No.
50/1995, SG No. 21/2000, previous text of Article 161, SG No. 92/2002, amended, SG No.
26/2004, SG No. 16/2019) For trivial bodily injury under Article 130 and Article 131, paragraph
(1), sub-paragraphs 3 - 5, for trivial and medium bodily injury under Article 132, for the crimes
under Article 144, paragraph (1), Articles 145, 146 – 148a, as well as for bodily injury under
Articles 132, 133 and 134, inflicted on a relative of ascending and descending line, a spouse,
brother or sister, the criminal prosecution shall be instituted on the basis of complaint by the
victim.
(2) (New, SG No. 92/2002, amended, SG No. 16/2019) Public prosecution criminal
proceedings with regard to bodily injury under Article 129 inflicted on a relative of ascending
and descending line, a spouse, brother or sister, as well as acts qualifying under Article 133,
Article 135, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4), Articles 139 – 141 and Article 144a, paragraph (1), shall
be brought up upon complaint of the victim filed with the relevant Prosecution Office and may