years and by a fine in the amount of up to the tenfold value of the distributed goods, as well as by deprivation of rights under Article 37 (1), item 7. (2) (New, SG No. 7/2019) A person who produces or holds for the purpose of distribution alcohol, alcoholic beverages or tobacco products without a due permit, shall, in non-negligible cases, be punished by imprisonment from one to six years and by a fine of BGN twenty thousand to one hundred thousand, as well by deprivation of rights under Article 37 (1), item 7. (3) (Amended, SG No. 92/2002, SG No. 26/2010, renumbered from Paragraph 2, SG No. 7/2019) The punishment shall be imprisonment from two to eight years and deprivation of rights under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraph 7 when the act: 1. was committed repeatedly; 2. was committed with premeditation by two or more persons; 3. if the corpus delicti is in large proportions. (4) (New, SG No. 7/2019) A person who, in contravention of the established procedure, prepares, holds or conceals objects, materials or tools, as well as technical installations, of which he is aware or assumes are intended or have served for the development of installations for production of alcohol, alcoholic beverages or tobacco items under paragraph 2, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to three years. (5) (Renumbered from Paragraph 3, SG No. 7/2019) The corpus delicti shall be forfeited to the state. Article 234a (New, SG No. 62/1997, amended, SG No. 26/2010) A person who pursues foreign trade activities without permit, as required by law or by Decree of the Council of Ministers, or in violation of such permit, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to five years, a fine of 5,000 up to BGN 10,000 and deprivation of rights under Article 37, paragraph (1), subparagraphs 6 and 7. Article 234b (New, SG No. 92/2002) (1) (Amended, SG No. 27/2009, SG No. 26/2010, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) Anyone who purchases or commercially deals in waste from ferrous or non-ferrous metals without a statutory authorisation, or does so in breach of a legislative instrument, shall be punishable by imprisonment of up to five years, a fine from BGN 2,000 to 50,000, and forfeiture of entitlement under Article 37(1)(7). (2) Waste forming the object of crime under Paragraph 1 shall be expropriated to the benefit of the State, and where they may not be found or have been disposed of, the money equivalent thereof shall be awarded. Article 234c (New, SG No. 26/2004) (1) (Amended, SG No. 33/2011, effective 27.05.2011) Anyone who, with or without the help of another person, makes an illegal connection to a power transmission or distribution network, or to a gas transportation, heat transmission, water-supply or sewage system, to a system for the transmission of liquid fuels, or an illegal interference with the commercial measuring devices for power, natural gas, liquid fuel, heat energy or water, or discharged wastewater, making thereby conditions available for the incomplete reporting of consumed