treasure is of particularly large amount, the punishment shall be: under paragraph (1) imprisonment for up to two years or a fine from BGN one thousand to five thousand; and under
paragraph (2) - imprisonment for up to five years or a fine of BGN 5,000 to 10,000.
(4) (New, SG No. 27/2009, effective 10.04.2009) Where the treasure contains cultural
property or the act under paragraphs (1) - (3) was committed repeatedly, the punishment shall be:
under paragraph (1): - imprisonment of up to two years and a fine from up to BGN five thousand,
under paragraph (2) - imprisonment of up to five years and a fine from BGN five thousand to ten
thousand and under paragraph (3) - imprisonment from one to six years and a fine from BGN
10,000 to 20,000.
(5) (New, SG No. 27/2009, effective 10.04.2009) If the act under paragraphs (2) - (4) was
performed upon an order or in performance of a decision of an organized criminal group or
constitutes a case of dangerous recidivism, the punishment shall be imprisonment from two to
eight years and a fine from BGN 10,000 to 30,000.
(6) (New, SG No. 26/2004, previous paragraph 4, SG No. 27/2009, effective 10.04.2009)
The object of crime shall be forfeited to the benefit of the state, and where absent or alienated, its
equivalent shall be awarded.
Section IV
Deceit
Article 209
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 26/2010) A person who for the
purpose of acquiring material benefit for himself or for another evokes or maintains in somebody
a misleading idea, and thereby causes material damage to that person or to another, shall be
punished for deceit by imprisonment from one to six years.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 26/2010) A person who for the same purpose
takes advantage of the misleading ideas, the inexperience or the lack of information of another
and causes thereby material damage to that person or to another, shall be punished by
imprisonment for up to five years.
(3) In minor cases under the preceding paragraphs, the punishment shall be imprisonment
for up to one year, or probation.
Article 210
(1) For deceit the punishment shall be imprisonment for one to eight years:
1. if the perpetrator has presented himself as an official, or as a person who acts on orders
by the authorities;
2. (amended, SG No. 28/1982) if the deceit has been committed by two or more persons
who had conspired in advance for its perpetration;
3. (supplemented, SG No. 26/2004) if the deceit has been perpetrated by an official or by
an attorney within the scope of his office or authorisation or by a person directly dealing in his
business with liquid currency;
4. if the deceit has been committed for a second time in cases other than minor;
5. (new, SG No. 28/1982) if the damage inflicted is on a large scale.
(2) (New, SG No. 28/1982) In the cases of sub-paragraphs 4 and 5, the court may rule
confiscation of up to one half of the culprit's property.