exercising his/her right to vote two or more times for the same election or who votes two or more
times in one and the same referendum, shall be punished by probation and a fine from BGN 500
to 2,000.
Article 168a
(New, SG No. 19/2014, effective 5.03.2014)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 74/2015) Anyone who, in breach of the established rules, prints
voting ballots shall be punished by imprisonment from one to six years and a fine from BGN one
thousand to three thousand.
(2) The penal sanction under Paragraph (1) shall be imposed also on any person who
unlawfully holds or distributes voting ballots.
Article 169
(Supplemented, SG No. 19/2014, effective 5.03.2014, amended, SG No. 74/2015)
An official as well as a person from the composition of an election commission, who
violates the secret of vote or in any way alters the results of an election or referendum, shall be
punished by imprisonment from one to five years.
Article 169a
(New, SG No. 1/1991, amended, SG No. 10/1993)
A person who through the use of force, threat, or in another unlawful way compels another,
contrary to his convictions or to his will, to participate or to leave a political party, organisation,
movement or coalition with political objectives, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to
three years or by a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
Article 169b
(New, SG No. 1/1991, amended, SG No. 10/1993)
A person who through the use of force, threat, or in another unlawful way impedes another
to exercise his constitutional political rights, shall e punished by imprisonment for up to three
years or by a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred.
Article 169c
(New, SG No. 1/1991)
Where the act under Articles 169a and 169b has been committed by an official during or in
connection with the fulfilment of his duties, the punishment shall be imprisonment for up to five
years.
Article 169d
(New, SG No. 27/2009)
(1) A person who forms or heads a group, which sets as its purpose to commit crimes
under this section shall be punished by imprisonment from one to eight years.
(2) A person who is a member of such a group shall be punished by imprisonment for up
to six years.
(3) A participant in the group who voluntarily surrenders to the bodies of power, discloses
all information it knows about the group and thus significantly facilitates the disclosure and
proving of crimes committed by it, shall be punished under the conditions of Article 55.