Section II
Crimes in Separate Branches of the Economy
Article 228
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982) A person who as manager or member of control body
orders or allows the production of low-quality, sub-standard or incomplete sets of industrial
goods or articles which do not meet the requirements established for them with respect to quality,
type or features, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or by probation.
(2) A person who, in violation of his official duties, marks as standard or fails to mark
goods which do not meet the respective requirements, where this is obligatory, shall be punished
by imprisonment for up to one year or by probation.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 89/1986, SG No. 10/1993) Where the articles or
goods under the preceding paragraphs are not of significant quantities, or of significant value, the
punishment under paragraph (1) shall be a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred, and
under paragraph (2) - a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred, imposed administratively.
Article 229
A person who, in receiving agricultural produce on account of purchasing or trading
organisation, deceives the supplier about the quality or quantity of such produce, shall be
punished by imprisonment for up to three years or by probation, as well as by public censure.
Article 230
(1) (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993) A person who violates a regulation
against the spread or occurrence of a contagious disease among domestic animals, shall be
punished by probation for up to six months or by a fine from BGN on hundred to three hundred.
(2) If contagion has ensued from the above, the punishment shall be imprisonment for up
to one year or probation.
(3) If the contagious disease becomes wide-spread, the punishment shall be imprisonment
for up to three years.
(4) Also punished in compliance with the differences in the preceding paragraphs shall be
a person who violates a regulation issued for control of plant diseases and pests.
Article 231
(Amended and supplemented, SG No. 28/1982)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 62/1997) A person who released for sale industrial or agricultural
goods in considerable qualities or of considerable value, not corresponding to the requirements
indicated in paragraph (1) of Article 228, without express declaration of their defects, shall be
punished by imprisonment for up to two years, by fine of one thousand up to BGN three
thousand and by deprivation of right under Article 37, paragraph (1), item 6.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993) In minor cases under the preceding paragraph, the
punishment shall be a fine from BGN one hundred to three hundred, imposed administratively.
Article 232
(1) A seller who cheats a buyer in weighing or measuring of goods, or who uses false