ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES ACT
 
Prom. SG. 92/28 Nov 1969 , amend. SG. 54/11 Jul 1978 , amend. SG. 28/9 Apr 1982 , amend. SG. 2
8/8 Apr 1983 , amend. SG. 101/27 Dec 1983 , amend. SG. 89/18 Nov 1986 , amend. SG. 24/27 Mar 1987 , am
end. SG. 94/23 Nov 1990 , amend. SG. 105/19 Dec 1991 , amend. SG. 59/21 Jul 1992 , amend. SG. 102/21 No
v 1995, amend. SG. 12/9 Feb 1996 , amend. SG. 110/30 Dec 1996 , amend. SG. 11/29 Jan 1998 , suppl. SG. 1
5/6 Feb 1998 , amend. SG. 59/26 May 1998 , suppl. SG. 85/24 Jul 1998 , suppl. SG. 51/4 Jun 1999 , amend. S
G. 67/27 Jul 1999 , suppl. SG. 114/30 Dec 1999 , amend. SG. 92/10 Nov 2000 , amend. SG. 25/8 Mar 2002 , a
mend. SG. 61/21 Jun 2002 , amend. SG. 101/29 Oct 2002 , suppl. SG. 96/29 Oct 2004 , amend. SG. 39/10 Ma
y 2005, amend. SG. 79/4 Oct 2005 , amend. SG. 30/11 Apr 2006 , amend. SG. 33/21 Apr 2006 , amend. SG. 6
9/25 Aug 2006 , amend. SG. 108/29 Dec 2006 , amend. SG. 51/26 Jun 2007 , amend. SG. 59/20 Jul 2007 , am
end. SG. 97/23 Nov 2007 , amend. SG. 12/13 Feb 2009 , amend. SG. 27/10 Apr 2009 , amend. SG. 32/28 Apr 
2009, amend. SG. 10/1 Feb 2011 , amend. SG. 33/26 Apr 2011 , amend. SG. 39/20 May 2011 , amend. SG. 60
/5 Aug 2011 , amend. SG. 77/4 Oct 2011 , amend. SG. 19/6 Mar 2012 , amend. SG. 54/17 Jul 2012 , amend. S
G. 77/9 Oct 2012 , suppl. SG. 17/21 Feb 2013 , amend. SG. 98/28 Nov 2014 , suppl. SG. 107/24 Dec 2014 , a
mend. and suppl. SG. 81/20 Oct 2015 , amend. SG. 76/30 Sep 2016 , suppl. SG. 101/20 Dec 2016 , amend. an
d suppl. SG. 63/4 Aug 2017 , suppl. SG. 101/19 Dec 2017 , amend. and suppl. SG. 20/6 Mar 2018 , suppl. SG. 
38/8 May 2018 , suppl. SG. 83/22 Oct 2019 , suppl. SG. 94/29 Nov 2019 , amend. and suppl. SG. 13/14 Feb 2
020, amend. and suppl. SG. 109/22 Dec 2020 , amend. SG. 21/12 Mar 2021 , amend. SG. 25/29 Mar 2022 , s
uppl. SG. 51/1 Jul 2022
 
Chapter one.  
GENERAL  
Art. 1. (Amend. - SG 59/92) This Act shall lay down general rules regarding the administrative viol
ations and penalties, the procedure for establishing the administrative violations, imposing and application o
f the administrative penalties and shall provide the necessary safeguards to protect the rights and legal intere
sts of the citizens and organisations.
 
Art. 2. (1) The acts which constitute administrative violations and the penalties corresponding to th
em shall be determined by a law or decree.
(2) If the violation of a law or decree is generally declared as indictable by a punishment determine
d in type and size the Council of Ministers and the members of the government, if entitled by the respective l
aw or decree, can determine the concrete corpus delicti.
(3) (Amend., SG 59/92) The municipal councils, in issuing ordinances, shall determine the administ
rative corpus delicti and the corresponding punishments stipulated by the Local Government and Local Ad
ministration Act .
 
Art. 3. (1) Applicable to each administrative violation shall be the statutory instrument which was i
n force at the time of its commitment.
(2) Where by the time of entry into force the penal provision, different normative provisions have f
ollowed, the one which is more favourable to the offender shall be applied.
 
Източник: Правно-информационни системи "Сиела" 12.07.2022 г.Art. 4. (Amend., SG 59/92) This Act and the other laws and decrees which provide for administrati
ve penalties shall apply for all administrative violations committed on the territory of the Republic of Bulgar
ia, on a Bulgarian ship or aeroplane and regarding Bulgarian citizens who have committed administrative vi
olations abroad punishable by the Bulgarian laws, if they affect the interests of our country.
 
Art. 5. (Amend., SG 59/92) The issue of the responsibility of foreigners using immunity regarding t
he administrative penal jurisdiction of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be settled according to the norms of the 
international act adopted by it.
 
Chapter two.  
ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES  
Section I.  
Administrative violations  
Art. 6. (Amend., SG 59/92) Administrative violation is an act (action or inaction) infringing the est
ablished order of state government, which has been committed guiltily and has been ruled punishable by an 
administrative penalty imposed through administrative procedure.
 
Art. 7. (1) An act that has been stated as an administrative violation shall be deemed guilty when co
mmitted deliberately or by negligence.
(2) Negligent acts shall not be punishable only in explicitly stipulated cases.
 
Art. 8. Shall not be deemed as administrative violations acts committed in case of inevitable self-de
fense or extreme necessity.
 
Art. 9. (1) Preparation of an administrative violation shall not be punishable.
(2) (Amend., SG 101/83; SG 11/98) Shall not be punished attempts of administrative violation eithe
r, except in the cases of:
a) customs and foreign currency offences if stipulated by the respective Act or decree;
b) art. 218b, para 1 of the Penal Code ;
c) art. 41, para 1 of the Protection of Rural Economy Property Act .
 
Art. 10. (Suppl., SG 85/98) In cases of administrative violations instigators, facilitators and conceal
ors, as well as those who have admitted them shall be punished only in the cases stipulated by the respective 
law or decree.
 
Art. 11. On the issues of the guilt, sanity, circumstances excluding the responsibility, the forms of i
mplication, preparation and attempt shall apply the provisions of the general part of the Penal Code , inasmu
ch as this Act stipulates otherwise.
 
Section II.  
Administrative penalties  
Art. 12. The administrative penalties shall be imposed for the purpose of warning and reform the of
fender for observing the established legal order and to have an instructive and warning effect on the other cit
izens.
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Art. 13. (Former text of Art. 13, - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The following administrati
ve penalties can be provided for and imposed for administrative violations:
a) public reprobation;
b) fine;
c) temporary deprivation of right to practice a definite profession or activity.
(2) (New, SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) For an administrative violation, committed repeat
edly or on a systematic basis, a penalty of unpaid labor in favor of the society may be provided, which shall 
be imposed independently or simultaneously with another punishment under Para. 1.
 
Art. 14. The public reprobation for the committed penalty shall be expressed in a public reprobation 
of the offender before the staff where he works or before the organisation whose member he is.
 
Art. 15. (1) (Amend., SG 59/92; SF 102/95) The fine shall be a sanction expressed in a payment of 
a definite sum of money.
(2) Regarding the underage persons the administrative penalty of fine shall be replaced by a public 
reprobation.
 
Art. 16. (Amend., SG 54/78, amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) Deprivation of the rig
ht to practice a certain profession or activity shall be expressed in a temporary prohibition for the offender to 
practice a profession or activity, in connection with which he has committed the violation. The duration of th
is penalty may not be less than one month and more than two years, and for traffic safety offenses for all typ
es of transport, committed after use of alcohol, drugs or their analogues - up to five years. It shall not affect t
he acquired legal capacity, except in the cases, provided for in the respective Act or Decree.
 
Art. 16a. (New, SG, 109/20, effective from 23.12.2021) (1) Unpaid work shall be work, performed 
for the benefit of society without restriction of other rights to punishment.
(2) The duration of the penalty unpaid work for the benefit of society may not be less than 40 hours 
and more than 200 hours per year for not more, than two consecutive years.
Art. 17. Nobody can be punished repeatedly for an administrative violation for which he has alread
y been punished by an enacted penal provision or a court decision.
 
Art. 18. When several administrative violations have been committed by one act or one and the sam
e person has committed individual violations the imposed penalties shall be incurred individually for each of 
them.
 
Art. 19. Probationary sanction shall not be admitted for administrative violations punishable by the 
order of this Act.
 
Art. 20. (1) Along with the administrative penalties stipulated by art. 13 the sanctioning body shall 
rule seizure in favour of the state of the possessions of the offender which have been used for the commitme
nt of a deliberate administrative violation, if this is stipulated by the respective law or decree.
(2) Seized in favour of the state shall also be the objects subject to the offence, whose possession is 
prohibited, regardless of their quantity and value, wherever they might be.
(3) In the cases stipulated by the respective law or decree, besides the objects under the preceding p
ara, seized in favour of the state shall also be the objects belonging to the offender, which have been subject 
to the offence.
(4) Seizure according to para 1 and 3 shall not be admitted when the value of the objects obviously 
does not correspond to the nature and the burden of the administrative violation, unless the respective law or 
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Art. 21. The objects acquired by the offender as a result of the violation shall be seized in favour of 
the state regardless of their quantity and value.
 
Section III.  
Coercive administrative measures  
Art. 22. Applied for prevention and stopping of the administrative violations, as well as for preventi
on and removal of the harmful consequences from them can be compulsory administrative measures.
 
Art. 23. The cases when compulsory administrative measures can apply, their kind, the bodies who 
apply them and the way of their application, as well as the order of their appeal shall be settled by the respec
tive law or decree.
 
Section IV.  
Persons liable to administrative penalties  
Art. 24. (1) Administrative and penal liability is personal.
(2) Liable for administrative violations committed in carrying out the activity of enterprises, establi
shments and organisations shall be the workers and employees who have committed them, as well as the chi
efs who have ordered or admitted their commitment.
 
Art. 25. When the author of an administrative violation has acted in fulfilment of unlawful official 
order given by the established order he shall not be liable to administrative penalty if the order does not cont
ain an offence obvious to him.
 
Art. 26. (1) Subject to administrative penalties shall be persons of age, who have accomplished 18 
years of age who have committed violations in a sane state.
(2) Liable to administrative penalties shall also be underage persons who have accomplished 16 yea
rs of age, but who have not accomplished 18 years of age, who have been in position to understand the natur
e and the importance of the committed violation and to manage their conduct.
(3) Responsible for administrative violations committed by minors, underage persons from 14 to 16 
years of age and placed under full judicial disability shall be respectively the parents, trustees or guardians w
ho have consciously admitted their commitment.
 
Section V.  
Determination of administrative penalties  
Art. 27. (1) The administrative penalty shall be determined according to the provisions of this Act 
within the limits of the penalty provided for the committed violation.
(2) Taken into consideration in determining the penalty shall be the burden of the offence, the moti
ves for its commitment and other attenuating and aggravating circumstances, as well as the proprietary statu
s of the offender.
(3) The attenuating circumstances shall substantiate the imposition of a lenient penalty and the aggr
avating - of a more serious sanction.
(4) The replacement of the penalties stipulated for the violations by a more lenient in kind shall not 
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(5) (Suppl. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) Not admitted shall also be determining of pena
lties under the stipulated lowest size of the sanctions of fine and temporary deprivation of right to practice a 
definite profession or activity, apart from the cases, provided by the law.
 
Art. 28. (Amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) For a minor case of an administrative 
violation, the sanctioning body shall not impose a penalty on the offender, warning him in writing, that in ca
se of another administrative violation of the same type, representing a minor case, within one year from the 
entry into force of the warning, an administrative penalty will be imposed on him for that other violation. Wi
th the warning, the sanctioning body shall apply Art. 20, Para. 2 - 4  and Art. 21.
(2) The act under Para. 1 shall contain:
1. the date and place of issuing;
2. full name and position of the person, having issued it;
3. the date of the act, on the basis of which it is issued and the name, position and place of office of 
the document compiler;
4. the full name of the offender, his exact address, unique civil number, and in case he is a foreigner 
– full name, exact address, date of birth, and if there is information about this - place of birth, passport or su
bstitute travel document, indicating the number, date of issue and issuer of the document;
5. a description of the breach and the circumstances, which indicate, that it is a minor case;
6. the legal provisions, which are violated;
7. the warning;
8. the items, which are deprived in favor of the state;
9. disposal with the physical evidence;
10. within what term and before which court it may be appealed;
11. signature of the issuing body.
(3) The warning shall be served to the violator under Art. 58. In case the warning has been disposed 
of with material evidence or things have been confiscated in favor of the state, which do not belong to the in
fringer, a copy of the warning shall be handed over to their owner.
(4) The warning shall be subject to appeal and protest under Chapter Three, Section V.
(5) Paragraphs 1 - 4 shall also apply to a minor case of administrative offenses, committed by mino
rs.
(6) Paragraphs 1 - 4 shall apply accordingly to a minor case of non-fulfillment of an obligation by a 
sole trader or a legal person to the State or Municipality.
(7) Paragraphs 1 - 6 shall not apply, when otherwise provided by the law.
 
Art. 29. (Amend., SG, 109/20, effective from 23.12.2021) The provision of Art. 28 shall not apply 
to traffic safety violations for all types of transport, committed after use of alcohol, narcotic substances or th
eir analogues.
 
Art. 29a. (New, SG, 109/20, effective from 23.12.2021) The time, during which for the same violati
on the punished person has been deprived by administrative procedure, or in fact of the opportunity to exerci
se a certain profession, or activity shall be deducted upon execution of the punishment temporary deprivatio
n of the right to practice a certain profession or activity.
Section VI.  
General administrative and penal provisions  
Art. 30. Applied for individual administrative violations which are not established by the order of a
rt. 2, para 1 and 2  shall be art. 31 and 32 respectively.
 
Източник: Правно-информационни системи "Сиела" 12.07.2022 г.Art. 31. (Amend., SG 59/92; SG 102/95; SG 11/98) Who does not fulfil or violates a lawful order o
r ordinance of a body of the authority, including in connection with the economic measures of the state shall 
be fined by 2 to 50 levs.
 
Art. 32. (1) (Amend., SG 59/92; SG 102/95; SG 11/98; SG 25/02) Who does not fulfil or violates a
n order, a decree or another act issued or adopted by the Council of Ministers, unless the act represents a cri
me, shall be fined by 100 to 2000 levs.
(2) (New, SG 24/87; Amend., SG 59/92; SG 102/95; SG 11/98; Suppl., SG 114/99, in force from Ja
nuary 31 2000; Amend., SG 25/02; Amend., SG 61/02) Who does not fulfil or violates an act according to p
ara 1, related to the accountancy, taxation, customs, foreign currency or ecological legislation, unless the act 
represents a crime shall be fined by 400 to 3000 levs.
(3) (New, SG 67/99; in force from August 27, 1999) If a civil servant, in carrying out the public em
ployment does not fulfil or violates obligations ensuing from the acts under para 1 and 2 shall be fined by 40 
to 300 levs.
(4) (Prev. para 2 - amend., SG 24/87; prev. para 3 - SG 67/99) The provision of the proceeding para
s shall apply regarding the violation of those acts, issued or approved by the Council of Ministers, which exp
licitly refer to this Art..
 
Chapter three.  
PROCEEDINGS FOR ESTABLISHING THE ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS, IMPOSING AN
D APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES  
Section I.  
General 
Art. 33. (1) Where criminal prosecution is commenced by the bodies of the prosecution administrati
ve penal procedures shall not be opened.
(2) (amend. - SG 63/17, in force from 05.11.2017) Upon finding the indication/indications of comm
itted crime, the administrative penal proceedings shall be terminated and the materials shall be sent to the res
pective prosecutor. The material evidence and the items under Art. 41 shall be kept by the administrative pe
nal body until the pronouncement of the prosecutor.
 
Art. 34. (1) (Amend., SG 89/86; Suppl., SG 102/95 and SG 12/96; Suppl., SG 61/02; suppl. SG 39/
05; amend. and suppl. – SG 97/07; suppl. – SG 77/11; suppl. – SG 17/13, amend. – SG 76/16, in force from 
30.09.2016, amend. - SG 20/18, in force from 06.03.2018, amend. - SG 13/20, in force from 14.02.2020, am
end. - SG 21/21, amend. - SG 25/22, in force from 29.03.2022) Administrative penal proceedings shall not b
e opened, and the opened ones shall be terminated when:
a) the offender has died;
b) the offender has lapsed into a permanent mental disorder;
c) this is provided by a law or an decree.
(suppl. - SG 51/22) Administrative penal proceedings shall not be opened if an act has not been issu
ed for establishing the violation during a three-month period from finding the offender, or if one year has ela
psed from the commitment of the offence, and regarding customs, taxation, ecological and foreign currency 
violations, as well as according to the Election Code , the Political Parties Act , the Public Offering of Sec
urities Act , Markets in Financial Instruments Act , Special Investment Companies and Securitization 
Companies Act , the Act on Application the Measures Against Market Abuse with Financial Instrumen
ts, the Act on the Operation of the Collective Investment Schemes and of Other Undertakings for Coll
ective Investment , Part Two , Part Two “A”  and Part Three of the Code of Social Insurance , the Insura
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ears.
(2) (New, SG 12/96; Suppl., SG 51/99; Amend., SG 92/00; in force from January 1, 2001; Amend., 
SG 101/02, amend. SG 33/06; suppl. - SG 108/06, in force from 29.12.2006; suppl. – SG 54/12, in force fro
m 17.07.2012; suppl. - SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014, suppl. - SG 38/18, in force from 08.05.2018, su
ppl. - SG 13/20, in force from 14.02.2020) For violation of a normative act settling the budget, financial and 
economic and accounting activity according to art. 32, par. 1, item 1 of the Public Financial Inspection A
ct, as well as for violation of a statutory instrument regulating the gambling activity and the measures agains
t money laundering and financing the terrorism, as well as for a violation of the Energy Sector Act , the Ene
rgy from Renewable Sources Act  and the regulations on their implementation, of the Regulation (EU) No 
1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on wholesale energy market i
ntegrity and transparency ( ОВ, L 326/1 of 8 December 2011), as well as the ones for violation of the Indepe
ndent Financial Audit Act , Payment Services and Payment Systems Act , administrative penal proceedin
gs shall not be initiated if an act for establishing the violation has not been issued in a period of six months f
rom finding the offender or if more than five years have elapsed from the commitment of the violation. In th
ese cases the periods according to para 1 shall not apply.
(3) (Prev. para 2 - SG 12/96) The opened administrative penal proceedings shall be terminated if pe
nal provisions have not been issued within six months from the issuance of the act.
 
Art. 35. The enacted decision of the court on the civil case shall be obligatory for the penal adminis
trative body on the issues of the civil status and the right of ownership.
 
Section II.  
Initiation of administrative penal proceedings  
Art. 36. (1) The administrative penal proceedings shall be constituted by issuing an act for establish
ment of the committed administrative violation.
(2) (suppl. - SG 63/17, in force from 05.11.2017) Without an enclosed act an administrative penal fi
le shall not be opened except in the cases when the proceedings have been terminated by the court or by the 
prosecutor or the prosecutor refuses to initiate criminal proceedings and it has been referred to the penal bod
y.
 
Art. 37. (1) Acts can be issued by officials:
a) explicitly indicated by the respective normative acts;
b) (Amend., SG 59/92) appointed by the heads of administrative bodies, the organisations, the regio
nal governors and the mayors of the municipalities assigned to whom is the implementation of the control ov
er the implementation of the respective normative acts.
(2) Acts can also be issued by representatives of the public if there are duly empowered by a norma
tive act.
(3) (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) A person may not draw up an act for establishing 
an administrative violation, who is:
1. a victim of the violation or is a spouse or relative of the offender or the victim in direct line, with
out restriction and in the collateral line - up to the fourth degree;
2. interested in the outcome of the administrative proceedings or has a special relationship with the 
offender or the victim, which raises reasonable doubts about his impartiality.
(4) New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) In the presence of some of the grounds, specified 
in Para. 3, as an act compiler shall act:
1. another person with competence under Para. 1 or 2;
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for the specific case.
 
Art. 38. (Revoked, SG 94/90)
 
Art. 39. (1) (Amend., SG 28/83; SG 59/92; SG 11/98; SG 25/02) For obviously minor cases of adm
inistrative violations, established at the time of their commitment, the empowered bodies shall impose on the 
spot, against a receipt, a fine up to the amount determined by the respective law or decree, but no more than 
10 levs.
(2) (New, SG 28/83; Amend., SG 59/92; SG 110/96; SG 11/98; SG 25/02) For minor cases of admi
nistrative violations established at the time of their commitment, when stipulated by a law or an decree, the e
mpowered control bodies can impose at the place of offence fines from 10 to 50 levs. A slip shall be issued f
or the imposed fine which shall contain data for the identity of the control body and of the offender, the plac
e and the time of the violation, the violated provisions and the size of the fine. The slip shall be signed by th
e control body and by the offender, stating that he agrees to pay the fine, and it shall be sent to the financial 
body of the respective municipal administration for fulfilment. The offender shall be given a copy in order t
o enable him to pay the fine voluntarily.
(2a) (new - SG 101/16, in force from 21.01.2017) For administrative violations established while c
ommitted, when this is provided for by law, the authorized control authorities may impose fines at the scene 
of the offense in the amount provided for in the respective act. For the imposed fine shall be produced a slip 
containing information about the type of control authority and about the offender, the place and time of the o
ffense, the violated provisions and amount of fine. The slip shall be signed by the control authority and by th
e offender that they agree to pay the fine. The offender shall be given a copy of the slip so as to be able to pa
y the fine voluntarily.
(3) If the offender contests the violation or refuses to pay the fine an act shall be issued for the offe
nce according to the provisions of this section.
(4) (new – SG 10/11) In cases of administrative violations established and photographed by a techn
ical device or a system in the absence of a control authority and the offender, where specified in a law, the a
uthorised control authorities may impose fines exceeding the non-appealable minimum referred to in Para 2 
and issue an electronic slip.
 
Art. 40. (1) The act for establishment of administrative violation shall be issued in the presence of t
he offender and the witnesses who have been present at the time of commitment or establishment of the offe
nce.
(2) If the offender is known but he cannot be found, or upon invitation he does not appear for the is
suance of the act, the act shall be issued in his absence.
(3) In the absence of witnesses who have been present at the time of commitment or establishment 
of the violation, or for impossibility of issuing an act in their presence, it shall be issued in the presence of t
wo other witnesses, which shall explicitly be noted in it.
(4) If the violation is established on the grounds of official documents the act can also be issued in t
he absence of witnesses.
 
Art. 41. In establishing administrative violations the issuer of the act can seize and keep the materia
l evidence related to the establishment of the offence, as well as the objects subject to seizure in favour of th
e state according to art. 20 and 21.
 
Art. 42. (1) (Former text of Art. 41 – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021)The act for establishme
nt of the administrative violation shall contain:
1. full name of the issuer and his position;
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3. date and place of commitment of the violation;
4. description of the violation and the circumstances in which it has been committed;
5. the legal provisions, which have been violated;
6. (Suppl., SG 59/92, suppl. – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) full name and the age of the o
ffender, his exact address and place of employment, UCN, and in case he is a foreigner - full name, the exact 
address, date of birth, and if there is information about it - the place of birth, passport or a substitute travel d
ocument indicating the number, date of issue and issuer of the document;
7. (Suppl., SG 59/92, amend. - SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) the full name and the exact a
ddresses and date of birth of the witnesses;
8. the explanations or objections of the offender if any;
9. (Suppl., SG 59/92) the names and exact addresses of the persons who have suffered proprietary d
amages by the offence, UCC;
10. list of inventories of the written materials and of the seized objects, if any, and to whom they ha
ve been assigned for safe keeping.
(2) (New - SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) In the act for establishing an administrative violat
ion, the infringer may indicate, that he wishes the penal decree to be served to him by sending a message to 
a personal profile, registered in the information system for secure electronic service as a module of the Singl
e portal for access to electronic administrative services in the meaning of the Electronic Government Act .
 
Art. 43. (1) The act shall be signed by the issuer and by at least one of the witnesses pointed out by 
it, and it shall be presented to the offender in order to be introduced to its contents and sign it with an obligat
ion to inform the penal body when he changes his address.
(2) If the offender refuses to sign the act this shall be certified through the signature of one witness, 
whose name and exact address shall be indicated in the act.
(3) (Amend., SG 59/92) When the identity of the offender cannot be established by the issuer of the 
act it shall be established by the closest municipal administration or division of the Ministry of Interior.
(4) (Amend., SG 59/92) If the act is issued in the absence of the offender it shall be sent to the respe
ctive office, and if there in none - to the municipal administration at the place of residence of the offender fo
r presentation and signing. The act shall be presented and signed not later than seven days from its receipt an
d shall be returned immediately.
(5) (Suppl. – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) At the time of signing the act the offender shall 
be given a copy of it against a receipt, indicating in the act the date of its signing. Upon service of a copy of 
the act, the violator shall be notified in writing of his right within 14 days to submit a proposal to the sanctio
ning body for concluding an agreement for completion of the administrative penal proceedings.
(6) When the offender, after a thorough inquiry, cannot be found it shall be noted in the act and the 
proceedings shall be terminated.
 
Art. 44. (1) (Amend. - SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) In addition to the objections when dra
wing up the act within 7 days from its signing, the violator may also make written objections to it.
(2) Where the offender cites written or physical evidence in his objections, they must be collected e
x officio as far as this is possible.
(3) (Amend. - SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) Within 14 days from the service of the act, it s
hall be sent to the sanctioning body together with the objections, the collected evidence and the other append
ices to the file.
(4) (Amend - SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) When the offender does not have a permanent 
address in the Republic of Bulgaria, the drawn up act shall be submitted immediately to the sanctioning bod
y. Written explanations or objections of the infringer shall be attached to the act.
 
Източник: Правно-информационни системи "Сиела" 12.07.2022 г.Art. 45. (1) (Amend., SG 59/92) Until the issuance of the penal provision the aggrieved can extend 
a request to the penal body for indemnification of the caused damages up to the amount of two levs unless th
e respective law or decree provide a possibility of presenting a request to the same body for damages of larg
er size.
(2) The person requesting indemnification shall be obliged to inform the penal body about a change 
of his address.
 
Art. 46. (1) The seized objects shall be submitted for safe keeping according to the established rules
.
(2) (Amend., SG 59/92) In the absence of such rules the objects shall be submitted for safe keeping 
at the office of the act issuer or at the respective municipal administration.
(3) When expedient, they can be submitted for safe keeping to the offender or to other persons.
(4) (Amend., SG 59/92, amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The perishable objects sha
ll be sold with permission of the punishing body, through the state and municipal companies, whereas the re
ceived sum, after deduction of the incurred expenses, shall be deposited at the State Savings Fund, servicing 
the state budget, or at the BNB.
 
Section III.  
Administrative and penal authority  
Art. 47. (1) Administrative penalties can be imposed by:
a) (Amend., SG 59/92) the heads of administrative bodies and organisations, the regional governors 
and the mayors of the municipalities to whom it is assigned to implement the respective normative acts or to 
control their fulfilment;
b) officials and bodies empowered by the respective law or decree;
c) (Amend., SG 59/92) the judicial and prosecution bodies in the cases stipulated by a law or decree
.
(2) (Amend., SG 24/87) The heads under letter "a" can delegate their rights to penal bodies to offici
als appointed by them when stipulated by the respective law, edict or decree of the Council of Ministers.
 
Art. 47a. (New – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021). The administrative penalty under Art. 13, 
Para. 2 shall be imposed by the District court, in the region of which the administrative violation has been c
ommitted or completed, for which the respective punishment is provided, but for the violations, committed a
broad - by the Sofia District Court.
Art. 48. (1) The administrative penal file shall be examined by the administrative penal body, in the 
territory of which the violation has been committed.
(2) (New, SG, 109/20, effective from 23.12.2021) When the violation is related to submission of inf
ormation electronically, the sanctioning body in whose region the seat of the body is located shall be compet
ent to examine the file, to whom the information was or should have been submitted.
(3) (New, SG, 109/20, effective from 23.12.2021) When the violation is related to information proc
essing in a computer network or is committed in the cyberspace, except in the cases under Para. 2, the sancti
oning body, in whose region is the permanent address of the infringer or the address of management of the s
ole trader or the legal person, in carrying out the activity, of which non-fulfillment of an obligation to the sta
te or municipality has been committed, shall be competent to consider the file. When the violator does not h
ave a permanent address in the country or the sole trader or the legal person does not have an address of man
agement in the country, the sanctioning body with territorial competence - Sofia shall be competent to consi
der the file.
(4) Former Para. 2, amend. - SG, 109/20, effective from 23.12.2021) Where the place of the infring
ement cannot be precisely determined, the administrative sanctioning authority, in whose territory is the infri
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in the area in which it was first formed shall be competent to examine the file production.
 
Art. 49. When the approached administrative penal body deems that the proceedings are of the com
petence of another body he shall send it immediately to this body.
 
Art. 50. (amend. – SG 39/11) The disputes on the competence related to administrative penal proce
edings between bodies of one and the same administrative body or organisation shall be settled by the head 
of the respective administrative body or organisation, and those between bodies of different administrative b
odies or organisations - by the administrative court in whose region is located the headquarters of the body 
who has issued the act.
 
Art. 51. (1) Participant in the consideration of an administrative penal file and in the issuance of a p
enal provision cannot be a person who:
a) has been affected by the violation or who is a spouse or relative of the offender or of the aggrieve
d on the direct line of descend and by the collateral side - up to fourth degree;
b) has issued the act for the violation or who is a witness to it;
c) is interested in the outcome of the administrative proceedings or has special relations with the off
ender or the aggrieved which give rise to grounded doubts in his objectivity.
(2) (Suppl. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) In the presence of some of the stated grounds, t
he official must be removed immediately by a motivated written act.
(3) (Amend. - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) Challenge on the same grounds may also be r
equired by:
1. the person, against whom the act for establishing an administrative violation has been drawn up;
2. the sole trader or the legal person, against which the act for establishing an administrative violati
on has been drawn up;
3. the victim if the violation.
(4) (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) In case of challenge of the official under Para. 2 
on the file shall pronounce:
1. authorized person under Art. 47, Para. 2 , when the punishing body is a person under Art. 47, Pa
ra. 1, letter "a", and if there is no such - another person, explicitly authorized by the punishing body;
2. the higher body, when the punishing body is a person under Art. 47, Para. 1, letter "b" , and if t
here is no such - another person, explicitly authorized by the punishing body;
3. the head under Art. 47, Para. 1, letter "a", when the punishing body is a person under Art. 47, Pa
ra. 2.
 
Section IV.  
Proceedings for imposing administrative penalties  
Art. 52. (1) (suppl. - SG 51/07) The penal body shall be obliged to take a decision on the administra
tive penal file within one month from its receipt. In the cases of art. 44, para 4  the penal body shall decide o
n the day of receipt of the administrative penal file.
(2) If it is established that the act has not been presented to the offender the penal body shall return 
it immediately to the act issuer.
(3) Upon receipt of the file the penal body shall inform about the issuance of the act the aggrieved b
y the offence, if there are any and their addresses are known.
(4) Before announcing its decision on the file the penal body shall check up the act with regard of it
s lawfulness and substantiation and shall consider the objections and the gathered evidence, and where neces
sary, shall carry out investigation of the disputable circumstances. The investigation can also be assigned to 
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Art. 53. (1) (Amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The sanctioning body shall issue a pe
nal decree, imposing an appropriate administrative penalty on the offender when it establishes in an unequiv
ocal manner the fact of the committed violation, the identity of the person, who committed it and his guilt, if 
there are no grounds for termination of the proceedings for application of Art. 28, or an agreement has been 
concluded with the infringer.
(2) Penal provisions shall also be issued when irregularity is admitted in the act when the commitm
ent of the offence, the identity of the offender and his guilt are established in an indisputable way.
 
Art. 54. (Amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The sanctioning body shall terminate 
the administrative penal proceedings with a motivated resolution:
1. when the act, described in the act for establishing an administrative violation has not been commi
tted or does not constitute a violation;
2. when the infringement has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt;
3. when the participation of the person, against whom the act for establishing an administrative viol
ation has been drawn up in the commission of the violation has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt;
4. in the cases under Art. 34, Para. 1, letters "a" - "c" ;
5. when the act for establishing the administrative violation has been drawn up after the expiration 
of the terms under Art. 34, Para. 1 or 2 ;
6. when within the term under Art. 34, Para. 3, no penal decree has been issued, the violator has not 
been warned under Art. 28 or no agreement for conclusion of the proceedings has been concluded;
7. when a substantial violation of the procedural rules has been committed during the drawing up of 
the act for establishing an administrative violation;
8. when against the same person for the same act there is a penal decree, a warning under Art. 28, a
greement or a judicial act, entered into force;
9. in the cases under Art. 33, Para. 2 .
(2) When an act for establishing an administrative violation for two or more violations has been dra
wn up, the sanctioning body may terminate the proceedings on the grounds under Para. 1 and only in respect 
of some of the violations.
(3) When the sanctioning body terminates the proceedings with a motivated resolution, it decides to 
return the seized items, unless their possession is prohibited, or to pay their equivalent in the cases under Ar
t. 46, Para. 4 . The items, the possession of which is prohibited, shall not be returned, but shall be handled in 
accordance with the procedure, established in the respective normative acts.
(4) The resolution shall contain:
1. full name and position of the person, issuing it;
2. date of issuance and N of resolution;
3. the date of the act, on the basis of which the file was formed and the name, position and place of 
office of the compiler of the act;
4. full name, the exact address and unique civil number of the person, against whom the act was dra
wn up, and in case of a foreigner - the names, the exact address, date of birth, and if there is information abo
ut it - the place of birth in the passport or a travel document, replacing it, indicating the number, date of issu
e and issuer of the document;
5. a description of the violation, for which the act has been drawn up;
6. the legal provisions for the violation, of which the act has been drawn up;
7. reasons for terminating the proceedings;
8. the items, that are confiscated in favor of the state;
9. the disposal of physical evidence;
10. within what period and before which court is subject to appeal.
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(6) A copy of the resolution, terminating the administrative penal proceedings on the grounds of Pa
ra. 1, items 1 - 8, shall be handed over to:
1. the person, against whom the act for establishing an administrative violation has been drawn up;
2. the victim of the violation, if he has made a request to the sanctioning body for compensation for 
the damages, caused to him, being notified of the possibility to file his claim in the general order;
3. the owner of the property, when the resolution has disposed of material evidence or items have b
een confiscated in favor of the state, if he is not a person under item 1.
(7) The resolution, terminating the administrative penal proceedings on the grounds of Para. 1, item
s 1 - 8, shall be subject to appeal and protest under Chapter Three, Section V.
(8) When the court annuls the resolution, the sanctioning body shall exercise its powers under Art. 
52 within one month from the notification of the judicial act, entered into force.
(9) Para. 1 - 8 shall apply accordingly also when the act for establishing an administrative violation 
has been drawn up against a sole trader or a legal person.
 
Art. 55. (1) In issuing the penal provision the penal body shall also announce its decision on the req
uest for indemnification of the damages caused by the violation.
(2) When the violation has caused damages to a state enterprise, establishment or organisation the p
enal body shall take decision on the indemnification without presentation of a request.
(3) The size of the indemnification for the damages shall be determined by the stipulated order, and 
if there is none it can be determined by the assistance of an expert.
 
Art. 56. If, in resolving the issue of the indemnification the penal body meets difficulties of factual 
or legal nature the proceedings on it shall be terminated and the interested person shall be directed to seek in
demnification through the court on an equal footing.
 
Art. 57. (1) The penal provision must contain:
1. the full name and the position of the person who has issued it;
2. the date of issuance and the number of the provision;
3. the date of the act on whose grounds it has been issued and the name, position and place of empl
oyment of the act issuer;
4. (Amend., SG 59/92, suppl. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) full name of the offender an
d his exact address, unique civil number, and in case he is a foreigner - names, exact address, date of birth, a
nd if there is information about this – the place of birth, passport or substitute travel document, indicating th
e number, date of issue and issuer of the document;
5. a description of the infringement, the date and place, where it was committed, the circumstances, 
in which it was committed and the evidence, supporting it;
6. the legal provisions, that have been violated culpably;
7. the type and the size of the penalty;
8. (new – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) aggravating and mitigating circumstances and oth
er circumstances, taken into account in determining the type and size of the penalty;
9. (new – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) the time, during which the punished person has be
en deprived administratively or in fact of the opportunity to exercise a certain profession or activity, which s
hall be deducted from the time of serving the sentence of temporary deprivation of the right to exercise a cer
tain profession or activity;
10. (former item 8 – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) the items, which are confiscated in favo
r of the state;
11. (new – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) the disposal of physical evidence;
12. (former item 9 - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) the amount of compensation and to who
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13. (former item 10 - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.202) within what period and before which co
urt is subject to appeal.
(2) The penal decree shall be signed by the official, who issued it.
(3) (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) With the penal decree the violator shall also be n
otified about his rights under Art. 79b.
 
Art. 58. (1) (Amend. - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) Copy of the penal provision shall be 
presented against a signature of the infringer and of the person, requesting indemnification, unless the infrin
ger has requested to be served by sending a message to a personal profile, registered in the information syste
m for secure electronic service as a module of the Single Portal for access to electronic administrative servic
es within the meaning of the Electronic Government Act .
(2) If the offender or the person requesting indemnification cannot be found at the address indicated 
by him and his new address is unknown the penal body shall note that on the penal provision and it shall be 
considered presented on the day of noting.
(3) (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) In case the penal decree has disposed of material 
evidence or items have been confiscated in favor of the state, which do not belong to the offender, a copy of 
the penal decree shall be handed over to their owner.
 
Art. 58a. (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) When for the administrative violation it is e
nvisaged to impose unpaid work in favor of the society, the official under Art. 37, Para. 1  shall send the file 
to the administrative sanctioning body, which shall submit it for decision in the respective regional court, wi
thin three days from its receipt.
Art. 58b. (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The District court shall hear the case in 
a panel only by a judge and in open court meeting.
(2) The parties in this proceeding are the administrative sanctioning body and the infringer.
(3) The file shall be considered in the presence of the infringer. When the infringer, regularly summ
oned, does not appear without valid reasons, the file shall be considered in his absence, if this will not preve
nt the disclosure of the objective truth.
(4) The infringer shall have the right to legal protection.
(5) When considering a case against a juvenile infringer, aged 16 to 18, his parents or guardians sha
ll be summoned. Failure to appear shall not be an obstacle to hearing of the case, unless the court finds their 
participation necessary.
(6) The court may question witnesses if it deems it necessary to reveal the objective truth.
(7) A witness, who is regularly summoned and does not appear without valid reasons shall be forci
bly brought by the bodies of the Ministry of Interior. If the witness gives valid reasons for not appearing, the 
compulsory bringing shall be revoked.
Art. 58c. (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) Based on the evidence gathered, the cou
rt shall issue a judgment by which:
1. imposes a penalty and a coercive administrative measure;
2. sends the materials to the respective prosecutor for initiating criminal proceedings, when there ar
e sufficient data for a committed crime of a general nature;
3. acquits the offender when there are no conditions for imposing a penalty.
(2) With the decision under Para. 1, the court shall also rule on the confiscation in favor of the state 
of the items and objects under Art. 20 and 21.
Art. 58d. (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The administrative penal proceedings 
may end with an agreement between the sanctioning body and the violator, concluded within the term under 
Art. 52, Para. 1 , if the grounds for inadmissibility under Para. 2 are not present. The sanctioning body shall 
make a proposal for concluding an agreement within 14 days from the receipt of the file by the act compiler, 
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(2) An agreement shall not be admitted:
1. for a repeated violation;
2. for a violation, committed within one year from the entry into force of an act, by which the violat
or has been imposed by an administrative penalty outside the cases under item 1, or a warning for a violation 
of the same type has been issued;
3. in case the act, for which an act for establishing an administrative violation has been drawn up, c
onstitutes a crime; an agreement shall be allowed in case the proceedings before the sanctioning body are ins
tituted under Art. 36, Para. 2 ;
4. when the confession of the offender is not supported by the evidence gathered in the file.
(3) The agreement shall be prepared in writing and shall contain the consent of the parties on the iss
ues of whether an act has been committed, whether the act constitutes a violation and its legal qualification, 
whether it has been committed by the person, against whom the act for establishing an administrative violati
on has been drawn up.
(4) The agreement shall contain:
1. the date of signing the agreement;
2. the full name and position of the sanctioning body;
3. the full name of the offender, his exact address and unique civil number, and in case he is a forei
gner - the names, exact address, date of birth, and if there is information about this - place of birth, passport 
or substitute travel document, indicating the number, date of issue and issuer of the document;
4. the date of the act, on the basis of which the proceedings were instituted and the name, position a
nd place of office of the compiler of the act;
5. a description of the infringement, the date and place where it was committed, the circumstances, 
in which it was committed and the evidence supporting it;
6. the legal provisions, that have been violated culpably;
7. the type and size of the administrative punishment;
8. the items, that are confiscated in favor of the state;
9. the disposal of the physical evidence;
10. bank account, on which the due fine is to be paid.
(5) The agreement shall be signed by the sanctioning body and by the person, against whom the act 
for establishing an administrative violation has been drawn up.
(6) When an act for establishing an administrative violation has been drawn up for several violation
s, an agreement may be concluded only for one of the violations.
(7) In the cases under Para. 6, the recognition of the person, with whom an agreement has been con
cluded on the issues, indicated in Para. 3, may not be used as proof of his guilt for the other violations, for w
hich the act for establishing an administrative violation has been drawn up.
(8) When the agreement imposes an administrative penalty fine - alone or with another penalty, the 
sanctioning body shall determine the fine in the amount of 70 percent of the minimum or of the specified am
ount, provided for the violation, and when the Act does not provide a minimum, the sanctioning body shall d
etermine the amount of the fine in the amount of not more, than 70 percent of half of the maximum. The oth
er types of administrative penalties shall be determined by the rules of Art. 27, Para. 1 - 4 .
(9) With the agreement, the parties may not agree on a regime of confiscation of property in favor o
f the state, different from that, under Art. 20 and 21. When the agreement disposes of material evidence or c
onfiscates in favor of the state items, that do not belong to the offender, for its conclusion, the written conse
nt of the owner of the property shall be needed, which becomes an integral part of the agreement. In case the 
owner does not consent to dispose of material evidence or confiscation of property in favor of the state or ca
nnot be found, the sanctioning body shall rule on the issue of material evidence and confiscation of property 
in favor of the state by a penal decree, which shall be subject to appeal under Art. 63.
(10) When an administrative penalty is imposed by the agreement, the infringer shall agree to pay t
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(11) The agreement shall enter into force on the date of its signing, and if an administrative penalty 
of a fine is imposed by it, it shall enter into force on the date of payment of the fine. The agreement shall be 
final and shall have the consequences of an effective penal decree.
(12) In case until the conclusion of the agreement the victim has made a request to the sanctioning 
body for compensation of the damages, caused to him under Art. 45, the sanctioning body shall notify him o
f the concluded agreement and of the possibility to file his claim in the general order.
(13) In case the fine is not paid within the term under Para. 10, the sanctioning body shall declare, t
hat an agreement has not been reached with a motivated decree, which shall not be subject to appeal and pro
test, and shall issue a penal decree.
(14) When no agreement is reached, the sanctioning body shall issue a penal decree and may not us
e the confession of the person, against whom an act for establishing an administrative violation has been dra
wn up, on the issues, specified in Para. 3, as proof of his guilt.
(15) The issuance of a penal decree without a proposal under Para. 1, sentence two, shall not constit
ute a substantial violation of the procedural rules.
(16) Paragraphs 1 to 15 shall apply to sole traders and legal persons, respectively.
(17) Paragraphs 1 - 16 shall not apply, unless otherwise provided by a special Act.
Section V.  
Appealing penal provisions, decisions, warnings, resolution and e-tickets (Title amend. – SG 10/11, am
end. – SG, 109/20, in force from 12.12.2021)  
Art. 58e. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 12.12.2021) The following shall be subject to appeal an
d protest:
1. the penal decree’
2. the warning under Art. 28;
3. the resolution for termination of the administrative penal proceedings;
4. the e-ticket.
Art. 59. (Amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The acts under Art. 58e shall be subj
ect to appeal or protest before the Regional court in the region where the violation has been committed or co
mpleted, but for the violations, committed abroad - before the Sofia District Court.
(2) The infringer, the one who has requested compensation and the owner of the items, with which 
an order has been made or taken away in favor of the state, if he is not an infringer, may appeal the acts unde
r Art. 58e within 14 days from their delivery, and the prosecutor may file a protest within 14 days from their 
issuance.
 
Art. 60. (Amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The appeal and protest of the acts un
der Art. 58e shall be done through the penal body, that issued them. The complaint or protest shall state all t
he evidence, relied on by the complainant or the prosecutor.
(2) Within 7 days of receiving the complaint or protest, the sanctioning body shall send them togeth
er with the entire file to the relevant Regional court, and in the cover letter shall indicate the evidence in sup
port of the appealed or protested act, as well as e-mail address, to which to be summoned.
 
Art. 61. (1) (Suppl. – SG, 10/11, amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23,12,2021) When considerin
g the case before the Regional court, the violator, who has requested compensation, including the one under 
Art. 55, Para. 2, the owner of the items, with which an order has been made or taken away in favor of the sta
te, if he is not an infringer, the punishing body or the institution, or the organization, whose body has issued 
the act under Art. 58e, item 4, as well as the witnesses admitted by the court shall be summoned .
(2) (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23,12,2021) In proceedings before the Regional court, the part
ies may be represented by:
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2. spouse, ascending or descending relative of the infringer, of the claimant of compensation or of t
he owner of the property, which has been disposed of, or taken away in favour of the state, if he is not an inf
ringer;
3. a legal adviser or other employee with legal education in the penal body at the institutions, enterp
rises, organizations, legal persons and sole traders.
(3) (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23,12,2021) The punishing body or the institution or the orga
nization, whose body has issued the act under Art. 58e, item 4, may be summoned through the e-mail addres
s, indicated in the case. The electronic message shall be deemed to have been served when the addressee sen
ds an acknowledgment of receipt by means of a return electronic message, activation of an electronic link or 
its download from the information system of the competent administration.
(4) (former Para. 2 - SG, 109/20, in force from 23,12,2021) The court shall also proceed with the ca
ses in cases, where the applicant had not been found at the address indicated by him. The court shall also pro
ceed with the case in cases, where the applicant, the infringer, who did not file a complaint or who requested 
compensation have not been found at the addresses, indicated by them.
Art. 62. The prosecutor can participate in the proceedings at court if he deems it necessary.
 
Art. 63. (1) (Amend., SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The Regional court shall hear the c
ase in a panel of one judge and rule with a decision.
(2) With its decision the court may:
1. repeal the act under Art. 58e;
2. annul the penal decree and warn the offender, that in case of committing another administrative v
iolation of the same type, representing a minor case, within one year from the entry into force of the judicial 
act, an administrative penalty will be imposed for this other violation;
3. annul the act under Art. 58e and terminate the administrative penal proceedings;
4. amend the act under Art. 58e;
5. confirm the act under Art. 58e.
(3) The court shall annul the act under Art. 58e when:
1. while it was issued, an incorrect application of substantive law was made;
2. a significant violation of the procedural rules was committed in the
administrative penal proceedings.
(4) The court shall annul the penal decree when it considers, that there is a minor case of administra
tive violation. In this case, the court shall warn the offender, that in case of committing another administrativ
e violation of the same type, representing a minor case, within one year from the entry into force of the judic
ial act, for this other violation will be imposed an administrative penalty. The court shall also rule on the issu
e of material evidence, confiscated property in favor of the state and the costs of the case.
(5) The court may annul the penal decree only in some parts of it.
(6) The court shall annul the act under Art. 58e and terminate the administrative penal proceedings, 
when this is provided by an Act.
(7) The court shall amend the act under Art. 58e, when it is necessary to:
1. apply an Act for the same, identical or less punishable violation, without significant change of th
e circumstances of the violation;
2. reduce the amount of the imposed administrative penalty or replace it with a lighter type, than th
e ones provided for the same violation;
3. replace the imposed administrative penalty with a lighter one in the cases under Art. 15, Para. 2 ;
4. reduce the amount of the imposed property sanction;
5. cancel or amend the act under Art. 58e in the part, regarding the application of Art. 20 and 21 or 
the disposal of the physical evidence;
6. reduce or increase the amount of compensation.
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ding appeal from the person, requesting compensation.
(9) The court shall confirm the act under Art. 58e, when there are no grounds for its revocation or a
mendment.
Art. 63a. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The decision imposing a penalty of unp
aid work for the benefit of society shall be subject to cassation appeal before the Administrative court on the 
grounds, provided for in the Penal Procedure Code  and under Chapter Twelve  of the Administrative Proc
edure Code, unless otherwise provided by an Act.
(2) The appeal or protest shall be filed within 14 days from the issuance of the decision.
(3) The Administrative Court shall hear the case in a panel of three judges in open hearing, no later 
than three days from the date of receipt of the appeal or protest.
(4) The decision of the Administrative court shall be final.
Art. 63b. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The Regional court may conduct abbre
viated judiciary proceedings:
1. when the penal decree is appealed only in the part for the type or amount of the administrative pe
nalty or the amount of the property sanction, or for the items, confiscated in favor of the state or the disposal 
of the material evidence, or for the amount of the awarded compensation and the infringer, the sole trader or 
legal person confesses about the facts, set out in the circumstantial part of the penal decree and agrees no evi
dence to be gathered for these facts;
2. in the cases under Art. 79b, Para. 3.
(2) In the cases under Para. 1, item 1 a request for conducting abbreviated judiciary proceedings ma
y be made:
1. with the claim, in which case the court shall summon only the parties to the case;
2. in a court hearing, at the latest until the start of the judicial investigation.
(3) In the cases under Para. 1, item 1, the court shall declare with a ruling, that in rendering the deci
sion, it shall use the recognition without collecting evidence for the facts, set forth in the circumstantial part 
of the penal decree. The court in the reasons of the decision shall accept as established the facts, set forth in t
he circumstantial part of the penal decree, referring to the confession, made and to the evidence supporting it
.
(4) In the cases under Para. 1, item 2 the court with a ruling shall announce, that when issuing the d
ecision, it will accept as established the facts, set forth in the circumstantial part of the penal decree. The cou
rt, in the reasons of the decision shall accept as established the facts, set forth in the circumstantial part of th
e penal decree, referring to the evidence, that supports it.
(5) In the cases under Para. 1, item 1 the Regional court may:
1. amend the penal decree by:
a) reducing the amount of the imposed administrative penalty or replace it with a lighter one, than t
he ones, provided for the same violation;
b) replacing the imposed administrative penalty with a lighter one in the cases under Art. 15, Para. 
2;
c) reducing the amount of the imposed property sanction;
d) revoking or amending the penal decree in the part, regarding the application of Art. 20 and 21 or 
the disposal of the physical evidence;
e) reducing or increasing the amount of compensation;
2. confirm the penal decree;
3. annul the penal decree and terminate the administrative penal proceedings, when this is provided 
by an Act.
(6) In the cases under Para. 1, item 2 the Regional court may:
1. amend the penal decree by:
a) reduce the amount of the imposed administrative penalty temporary deprivation of the right to ex
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b) revoke or amend the penal decree in the part, regarding the application of Art. 20 and 21 or the d
isposal of the physical evidence;
c) reduce or increase the amount of compensation;
2. confirm the penal decree;
3. annul the penal decree and terminate the administrative penal proceedings when this is provided 
by an Act - in the part, concerning the imposed other type of administrative penalty, along with the fine, the 
disposition of the material evidence, the seized items in favor of the state or the ruled compensation.
(7) The court may increase the amount of the determined compensation under Para. 5, item 1, letter 
"e" or under Para. 6, item 1, letter "c", only if there is a respective complaint from the person, who has reque
sted compensation.
(8) As far as in Para. 1 - 7 there are no special rules, the general rules shall apply.
Art. 63c. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The decision of the Regional court shall be 
subject to cassation appeal before the Administrative court on the grounds, provided for in the Penal Proced
ure Code  and under Chapter Twelve  of the Administrative Procedure Code.
Art. 63d. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) In the cases, provided by the Act, the court 
may terminate the proceedings with a ruling, which is subject to appeal with a private claim before the Admi
nistrative court.
Art. 63e. (New – SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) In the proceedings before the Regional 
and the Administrative court, as well as in the cassation proceedings, the parties shall have the right to be rul
ed with costs, under the Administrative Procedure Code .
(2) If the lawyer's remuneration paid by the party is excessive according to the actual legal and fact
ual complexity of the case, the court may, at the request of the other party, rule a lower amount of costs in th
is part, but not less, than the minimum amount according to Art. 36 of the Lawyers Act.
(3) Remuneration in favor of legal persons or sole traders shall also be ruled in the amount, determi
ned by the court, if they have been defended by a legal adviser or another official with legal education.
(4) In favor of the institution or organization, whose body has issued the act under Art. 58e, shall b
e ruled remuneration in the amount, determined by the court, if they have been defended by a legal adviser o
r another official with legal education.
(5) In the cases under Para. 3 and 4 the amount of the ruled remuneration may not exceed the maxi
mum amount for the respective type of case, determined under Art. 37 of the Legal Aid Act.
Section VI.  
Entry into force of penal decrees, decisions, warnings, resolutions and electronic tickets (Title, amend. 
– SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021)  
Art. 64. (Suppl. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) Enacted shall be penal provisions, warnin
gs, resolutions and e-tickets, which:
a) are not subject to appeal;
b) have not been appealed within the legal term;
c) (Amend., SG 59/98) have been appealed but have been confirmed or amended by the court.
 
Section VII.  
Review (Revoked, SG 59/98)  
Art. 65 - 69 (Revoked, SG 59/98)
 
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Resumption of administrative penal proceedings  
Art. 70. (Amend. – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The following shall be subject to insp
ection in accordance with this Chapter, entered into force:
1. penal decrees;
2. tickets and e-tickets;
3. written warnings to the offender;
4. resolutions for termination of the administrative penal proceedings, issued on the grounds of Art. 
54, Para. 1, items 1 - 8 ;
5. agreements for completion of the administrative penal proceedings;
6. court rulings for termination of court proceedings;
7. decisions of the Regional and the Administrative court.
(2) Administrative criminal proceedings shall be resumed when:
1. with an effective sentence or decision it is established, that any of the evidence, on the basis of w
hich the act under Para. 1, is false or with false content;
2. with an effective sentence or decision it is established, that a document compiler, a punitive body
, a judge, a court secretary, a prosecutor, a party or a participant in the proceedings has committed a crime in 
connection with his participation in the administrative penal proceedings;
3. new circumstances or new evidence essential for the disclosure of the objective truth are discover
ed, which were not known to the offender, the sanctioning body or the court when issuing the act;
4. with an effective sentence, it has been established, that the act, for which the administrative penal
ty has been imposed, constitutes a crime;
5. the act, for which the administrative penal proceedings have been completed, constitutes a crime;
6. a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights has established a violation of the European 
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which is essential to the file or 
case;
7. as a result of a substantial violation of the procedural rules, the person, in respect of whom the ac
t under Para. 1 has been issued, the punishing body or the owner of the items, with which an order has been 
made or taken away in favor of the state, if he is not an infringer, he has been deprived of the opportunity to 
participate in the administrative penal proceedings or has not been duly represented, as well as when he has 
not been able to participate personally or through a proxy, due to an obstacle, which he could not remove;
8. with an effective decision of the court an administrative act is revoked, the findings in which are 
taken into account by the sanctioning body, when issuing the act under Para. 1, items 1 - 4.
(3) Paragraph 2 shall also apply to court decisions, that have entered into force, imposing a penalty 
of unpaid work for the benefit of society.
Art. 71. (Amend. - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The request for renewal may be made:
1. within 6 months from the entry into force of the sentence or decision - in the cases under Art. 70, 
Para. 2, items 1, 2, 4 and 8 ;
2. within one month from learning of the circumstances under Art. 70, Para. 2, items 3 and 6 ;
3. within 6 months from the entry into force of the act under Art. 70, Para. 1 - in the cases under Art
. 70, Para. 2, item 7, and if it has not been served to the person in respect of whom it has been issued - within 
three months from the notification of the act.
(2) The request shall be submitted through the body, which has issued the act under Art. 70, Para. 
1, who shall immediately send a copy of it to the prosecutor and the other parties, who have not submitted a 
request for resumption, and the case - to the Administrative court.
 
Art. 72. (Amend. - SG,109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) A request for resumption of administr
ative penal proceedings may be made by:
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5, when it comes to a crime of a general nature - the supervising prosecutor;
2. the person, in respect of whom the act has been issued under Art. 70, Para. 1 ;
3. the owner of the property, which has been disposed of or confiscated in favor of the state, when h
e is not an infringer;
4. the punishing body.
(2) The persons under Para. 1, items 2 and 3 may make a request for renewal when their rights and l
egal interests have been violated.
(3) The punishing body may make a request for resumption in the cases, when the act under Art. 70
, Para. 1 has been revoked or amended by the court.
(4) The request for renewal shall not suspend the execution of the act, entered into force, unless the 
court rules otherwise.
 
Art. 73. (Amend. - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The request for renewal shall be consi
dered by the Administrative court, in the judicial district of which is the body, which has ruled the act under 
Art. 70, Para. 1 .
(2) The Administrative Court shall hear the request in a panel of three judges. In the cases, when re
sumption is requested by an act of the Administrative court, the request shall be considered by another panel 
of the respective Administrative court.
(3) The case shall be heard in open panel with the summons of the parties and a prosecutor from the 
District prosecutor's office. The prosecutor may participate in the proceedings before the court if he deems it 
necessary.
(4) When finding the request for reopening justified, the Administrative court shall:
1. annul the act and return the case or file for a new examination, indicating the stage, from which t
he new examination must begin;
2. annul the act and terminate the administrative penal proceedings, when at the time of its issuance 
the grounds for this were present;
3. annul the act and decide the case on the merits.
(5) The decision of the Administrative court shall be final.
 
Section IX.  
Enforcement of penal provisions and court decisions  
Art. 74. Within three days from the enactment of the penal provisions the administrative penal body
, respectively the court, shall undertake action for its enforcement.
 
Art. 75. For imposed punishment of public reprobation a copy of the penal provisions or court decis
ion shall be sent to the respective public organisation whose member the punished is, or to the management 
of the enterprise, establishment or organisation where he works, according to the instructions of the penal pr
ovisions or court decision.
 
Art. 76. The fulfilment of the punishment public reprobation shall be carried out by reading the pen
al provisions or court decision at a meeting of the public organisation or personnel which the offender shall 
be invited to attend.
 
Art. 77. (Revoked, SG 11/98)
 
Art. 78. (amend. – SG 59/07, in force from 01.03.2008) When indemnification is adjudged the com
pulsory execution of the writ of execution shall be allowed upon request of the person, entitled to indemnific
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Art. 79. (1) The penal provisions and court decisions by which fines have been imposed or monetar
y indemnification have been adjudicated in favour of the state shall be fulfilled by the order of collecting the 
state takings.
(2) The penal provisions and court decision which adjudicate monetary indemnification in favour o
f state enterprises, co-operations or other public organisations or of citizens shall be fulfilled by the order sti
pulated by the Civil Procedure Code .
 
Art. 79a. (new – SG 51/07) When with the penal decree a fine was imposed to an offender without 
permanent address in the Republic of Bulgaria, the offender shall transfer the sum to an account noted in the 
penal decree.
 
Art. 79b. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) If the offender does not wish to appeal 
the penal decree in the part, concerning the imposed fine, he may pay within 14 days from the service of the 
penal decree 80 per cent of its amount, unless a special Act provides for a reduced amount of the fine.
(2) In the cases under Para. 1, the penal decree shall enter into force in the part, regarding the impos
ed fine from the date of payment. In case the violator has appealed the penal decree and within the term und
er Para. 1 has paid the fine, the proceedings for consideration of the appeal in this part shall be terminated on 
the grounds of Art. 63d.
(3) When the penal decree imposes another type of administrative penalty, along with the fine, or it
ems are confiscated in favor of the state, it is subject to appeal only in the part, regarding the amount of the c
umulative penalty, disposal of material evidence, confiscation of items in favor of the state and the rules co
mpensation under Art. 63b.
(4) Paragraphs 1 - 3 shall apply accordingly in case of an imposed property sanction.
Art. 80. (Amend., SG 59/92; SG 25/02; amend. - SG 12/09, in force from 01.05.2009) If the penal p
rovisions or court decision rules seizure of objects in favour of the state, a copy of them shall be sent to the 
National Revenue Agency for execution.
 
Art. 81. (1) The penal provisions or court decision which rules temporary deprivation of right to pra
ctice a definite profession or activity shall be fulfilled by the bodies who acknowledge this right and control 
its exercising and by the head of the enterprise, establishment or organisation where the punished person wo
rks.
(2) If the punished person occupies a position by profession or activity, the right of whose practisin
g he is deprived of, the head of the enterprise, establishment or organisation shall release him immediately fr
om this position.
 
Art. 81a (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The penalty of unpaid work for the bene
fit of society shall be executed by the probation service at the current address of punishment.
(2) The decision of the court, imposing the sentence shall be sent to the relevant probation service a
nd shall be organized by a probation officer.
(3) Unpaid work may not be performed for the benefit of natural persons, sole traders or commercia
l companies, in which there is no state or municipal participation.
Art. 81b. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) The gratuitous work shall be performed 
on sites of the State Enterprise "Prison Case Fund" and sites, approved by the respective probation council.
(2) When determining the sites, where unpaid work is performed for the benefit of society, the wor
k skills, qualification and working capacity of penalties shall be taken into account. When the convicted pers
on is a minor, the regime and working conditions, established for minors shall also be taken into account.
(3) Penalties shall be assigned to work up to three hours a day during non-working hours or for a fu
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or official legal relationship.
(4) During paid annual leave or if the convicted person is unemployed, he may be assigned a job for 
no more than 56 hours per month in compliance with the provisions of the Labor Code .
(5) Supervision of those punished during work shall be carried out by the probation officer or an off
icial, appointed by him.
Art. 81c. (New - SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) If after the expiration of the calendar term f
or performing unpaid work for the benefit of society, a certain number of hours have not been worked, the o
bligation of punished person for their working off shall be paid off.
Art. 81d. (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) (1) In the execution of the punishment unp
aid work for the benefit of the society, Art. 207 - 208, Art. 225, 227 and 231 of the Execution of Punishment
s and Detention Act and Art. 254 - 257 of the Rules on application of the Execution of the Punishments and 
Detention Act (promulgated, SG, issue 9/10; Decision № 7268 of 2012 of the Supreme Administrative 
Court - issue 43/12); amended, issue 20/14 and issue 14/17).
(2) After the completion of the execution of the punishment gratuitous work for the benefit of the s
ociety, the probation officer shall prepare a report, in which he shall reflect the results of the execution.
Art. 82. (1) The administrative penalty shall not be incurred if elapsed have been:
a) two years when the penalty is a fine;
b) (suppl. – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) six months when the penalty is temporary depri
vation of right to practice a definite profession or activity, or unpaid work in favor of society;
c) three months when the penalty is public reprobation.
(2) The legal prescription shall begin from the enforcement of the act by which the sanction has bee
n imposed and shall be stopped by any act of the respective bodies, undertaken regarding the punished perso
n for incurring the penalty.
Upon conclusion of the act which stops the legal prescription a new legal prescription shall begin.
(3) Regardless of the suspension or stopping of the legal prescription the administrative penalty sha
ll not be incurred if a term has expired which exceeds by one second the term under para 1.
(4) (New, SG 28/82) The provision of the preceding para shall not apply regarding the fine when ex
ecutive proceedings have been constituted for its collection by the deadline under para 1. This also regards t
he pending cases whose legal prescription has not expired until the enactment of this para.
 
Chapter four.  
Administrative punitive sanctions to legal persons and sole entrepreneurs (title amended SG 790/05)  
Art. 83. (1) (Suppl., SG 15/98; amend. – SG 69/06) In cases regarding corporate bodies and sole ent
repreneurs stipulated by the respective law, edict, decree of the Council of Ministers or ordinance of the mun
icipal council the imposed can be proprietary sanction for non-fulfilment of obligations to the state or the mu
nicipality in carrying out their activity.
(2) The penalty under the preceding para shall be imposed by the order of this Act inasmuch as the 
respective statutory instrument does not stipulate otherwise.
(3) (New – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) In case of legal succession of the legal person, af
ter drawing up the act for establishing an administrative violation, the administrative penal proceedings shall 
continue in respect of the legal successor. The drawn-up act for establishing an administrative violation shall 
be presented and handed over to the legal successor. The terms under this Act for the successor shall run fro
m the date of service of the act.
(4) (New – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) In case of legal succession of the legal person aft
er the issuance of the penal decree, warning or resolution of the sanctioning body, the administrative penal p
roceedings shall continue in respect of the successor. The issued penal decree, warning or resolution shall be 
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ct.
 
Art. 83a. (new – SG 79/05) (1) (amend. – SG 27/09; amend. – SG 33/11, in force from 27.05.2011; 
suppl. – SG 60/11; amend. – SG 19/12; suppl. - SG 107/14, in force from 01.01.2015; amend. and suppl. – S
G 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015, suppl. - SG 101/17, suppl. - SG 83/19) To a person who has enriched the
mselves or would enrich from a crime under Art. 108a , 109, 110 (preparation to terrorism), 142 – 143a, Art
. 152, para 3, item 4, Art. 153, 154a, 155, 155a, 156, 158a, 159-159d, Art. 162, par. 1 and 2 , Art. 164, par. 
1, Art. 171, para. 3, Art. 172a  – 174, 201-203, 209 – 212a, 213a, 214, 215, Art. 216, para. 3, 225c, 227, Par
a 1 – 5, 242, 243, 244, 244a, 246, par. 3, 248a, 250, 252, 253, 254b, 255, 255a, 255b, 256, 260a - 260c, 278
c – 278e, 280, 281, 282, 283, 301 – 307, Art. 307b , 307c, 307d, Art. 308, Para 3, Art. 319a -319f, 320 – 32
1a, 352, 352a, 353b – 353f, 354a-354c, 356j and 419a of the Penal Code , as well as from crimes committe
d under assignment or in execution of a decision of an organized criminal group, whereas they have been co
mmitted by:
1. a person empowered to form the will of the legal person;
2. a person, who represents the legal person;
3. a person elected as a controlling or a supervising body of the legal person, or
4. (amend. - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) a worker or employee to whom the legal person h
as assigned certain work, whereas the crime is committed at or in connection with this work, a property sanc
tion in amount to 1 000 000, but not less than of the value of the benefit, when it is of property nature; a sanc
tion of 1.000.000 BGN shall be imposed also where the benefit is not of property nature or its amount canno
t be evaluated.
(2) (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) The proprietary sanction shall be imposed also to a 
legal entity, which does not have a main office in Republic of Bulgaria, provided that the violation under par
. 1 has been committed in Republic of Bulgaria,
(3) (prev. par. 2 - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) The property sanction shall be imposed to th
e legal person also whereas the persons under Para 1, item 1, 2 and 3 have abetted or assisted the commitme
nt of the envisaged acts, as well as if the acts had stopped on the phase of attempt.
(4) (prev. par. 3, amend. - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015The property sanction shall be impos
ed not depending on the realization of the criminal liability of the accomplices in the criminal act under Para 
1.
(5) (New – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) In determining the amount of the pecuniary sanct
ion, the gravity of the committed crime, the financial condition of the legal person, the assistance for detecti
on of the crime and for compensation of the damages from the crime, the amount of the benefit and other cir
cumstances shall be taken into account.
(6) (prev. par. 4, amend. - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015, Former Para. 5, - SG, 109/20, in for
ce form 23.12.2021) The direct or indirect benefit from the criminal act under par. 1 shall be expropriated in 
favour of the state, if it is not a subject to retrieval or recovery, or to deprivation under the order of the Penal 
Code. Where the thing or the property – subject to the criminal act is missing or has been alienated, its equiv
alent value in Bulgarian levs shall be adjudicated.
(7) (prev. par. 5 - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015, Former Para. 6, - SG, 109/20, in force form 
23.12.2021) To the state, state bodies and the bodies of local administration as well as to the international or
ganizations the property sanction under Para 1 shall not be imposed.
(8) (New - SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) The liability of the legal person shall be repaid u
pon expiration of a term, equal in duration to that under Art. 81, Para. 3  of the Penal Code, as of the date of 
commission of the crime, from which the legal person has been enriched or would be enriched.
 
Art. 83b. (new – SG 79/05) (1) (amend. – SG 39/11; amend. - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015, 
amend. – SG, 109/20, in force form 23.12.2021) The proceedings under Art. 83a shall be initiated by a justi
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Regional court at the place of commission of the crime and in cases of Art. 83a, Para. 2  – to Sofia City Cou
rt:
1. (suppl. - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) after the deposition of the accusation act, of a decr
ee containing a proposal for releasing of the doer from penal responsibility and imposition of administrative 
penalty or of an agreement for out-of-court settlement, or
2. whereas the penal procedure cannot be initiated or the initiated one has been terminated on the gr
ound that:
a) the perpetrator shall not bear penal liability due to amnesty;
b) the penal liability has been lapsed due to elapse of the limitation period fixed in the Act.
c) the perpetrator has died;
d) after the commitment of the crime the perpetrator has fallen into a durable mental disorder which 
excludes the soundness of mind;
e) (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) in cases provided in the special section of the Penal 
Code for cases of general nature there is no complaint filed by the victim to the prosecutor;
f) (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) the doer is released from penal responsibility with ap
plication of statutory aftercare measures;
g) (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) transfer of penal proceeding to another state have be
en admitted;
3. (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) where penal proceedings has been suspended on the 
grounds that:
a) after committing the crime the accused person has fallen into a temporary conscious disorder, wh
ich excludes mental capacity, or has got another severe disease preventing the proceedings to be carried out;
b) consideration of the case in absentia of the accused person would prevent the revelation of the ob
jective truth;
c) the doer is a person with immunity;
4. (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) after the enforcement of a decision under Art. 124, p
ar. 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure .
(2) The proposal shall contain:
1. description of the crime, the circumstances at which it was committed and the presence of a caus
al relation between it and the benefit of the legal person;
2. type and size of the benefit;
3. name, scope of activity, seat and address of management of the legal person;
4. personal data of the persons, who represent the legal person;
5.personal data of the accused or the sentenced for the crime persons;
6. description of the written materials or certified copies of them, which evidence the circumstances 
under items 1 and 2;
7. list of the persons for summoning;
8. the date and place of its drawing up; the name, position and the signature of the prosecutor.
(3) To the proposal shall be attached a copy for the legal person.
 
Art. 83c. (new – SG 79/05) The prosecutor may require from the court to undertake measures to sec
ure the property sanction of the legal person under the order of the Civil Procedure Code .
 
Art. 83d. (new – SG 79/05; amend. – SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) (1) The court in an open 
session shall pronounce a determination, by which they shall:
1. send back the proposal to the prosecutor, where it is not justified or does not meet regulatory req
uirements;
2. close the case where the legal entity is deleted from the trade register because of winding up or in
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3. (new - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) schedule the case for consideration in an open court 
session with summoning of the parties.
(2) (New - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The ruling of the court under Para. 1, items 1 and 
2 shall be subject to appeal and protest under Chapter Twenty-two  of the Penal Procedure Code.
(3) (Former Para. 2 - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The court shall consider the proposal b
y a panel of one judge in an open session with the participation of a prosecutor and upon summoning of the l
egal entity.
(4) (Former Para. 3 - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) Failing of legal entity’s representative t
o appear upon being dully summoned shall not prevent hearing of the case.
(5) (Former Para. 4 - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The court shall collect evidence ex-offi
cio or upon parties’ request.
(6) (Former Para. 5 - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The court shall hear the case and based 
on the collected evidence shall assess:
1. if the legal person has obtained unlawful benefit;
2. if connection between the perpetrator of the criminal act and the legal person exists;
3. of the connection between the criminal act and the benefit of the legal person exist;
4. what is the type of the benefit and its amount if it is of property nature.
(7) (Former Para. 6 - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The court shall pronounce a decision by 
which they shall:
1. impose a proprietary sanction;
2. refuse to impose a proprietary sanction.
(8) (Former Para. 7 - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The decision of par. 6, item 1 shall cont
ain:
1. information about the legal entity;
2. information about the origin, type and amount of the benefit;
3. the amount of the imposed proprietary sanction;
4. description of property, seized in favor of the state, if relevant;
5. determination of expenses.
(9) (Former Para. 8 - SG 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The decision, together with the reasons 
shall be announced in a court hearing with summoning of the parties or they shall be informed in writing, th
at it has been prepared. In cases, which constitute factual or judicial intricacy, the reasons may be drawn up 
after the decision is pronounced but not later than 30 days.
Art. 83e. (new – SG 79/05; amend. – SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) (1) (Amend. – SG, 109/2
0, in force from 23.12.2021) The decision of the regional court under Art. 83d, Para. 7  shall be subject to a
ppeal or protesting before the court of appeal within 14 days after its communication to the parties.
(2) The case shall be heard in an open session with the participation of a prosecutor. Legal entity sh
all also be summoned to the court hearing.
(3) Only written evidence shall be admitted in the proceedings before the court of appeal.
(4) The court of appeal shall pronounce a decision, by which they can:
1. revoke the decision of the regional court and send the case back for re-consideration, where in th
e course of court proceedings before the court of first instance significant violations of procedural rules have 
been made;
2. revoke the decision of the regional court and impose a proprietary sanction;
3. revoke the decision of the regional court and refuse to impose a proprietary sanction;
4. amend the decision of the regional court;
5. confirm the decision of the regional court.
(5) The decision of the court of appeal shall be final and binding.
 
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rce from 21.11.2015) (1) Proceedings under which an enforced decision of the regional court or the court of 
appeal has been adjudicated, shall be subject to resumption, where:
1. by an enforced sentence or decision it is found out that some of the written evidence based on wh
ich the act has been issued, are unauthentic or contain incorrect information;
2. by an enforced sentence or decision it is found out that a judge, prosecutor, a party or a participa
nt in the proceedings have committed a crime in connection with their involvement in the proceedings;
3. upon entering into force of the decision for imposition of a proprietary sanction to a legal entity, t
he person under Art. 83a, par. 1, items 1 – 4  is acquitted by an enforced court act or the suspended pre-cour
t proceedings is terminated by a prosecutor in cases referred to in Art. 24, par. 1, item 1  of the Code of Pen
al Procedure;
4. upon entering of the decision into force particulars or evidence get disclosed which have not bee
n known to the party and the court and they are of essential importance for the proceedings;
5. by a decision of the European Court of Human Rights violation of the European Convention for t
he Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is found out which are of essential importance f
or the proceedings;
6. in the course of proceedings major violation of procedural rules has been done.
(2) The request for resumption can be done within 6 months after becoming aware of the occurrenc
e of the grounds, and in cases of par. 1, item 6 – after entering of the decision of the regional court or the cou
rt of appeal into force.
(3) The request for resumption shall not stop the implementation of an enforced decision, unless oth
erwise decreed by the court.
(4) A request for resumption of proceedings can be done by:
1. the regional prosecutor;
2. the legal entity having been imposed a proprietary sanction.
(5) The request for resumption shall be considered by the court of appeal, in the court region where 
the authority has adjudicated the enforced decision is located.
(6) The court of appeal shall consider the request through a three-member jury. In cases where resu
mption of proceedings is requested upon a decision of the court of appeal, the request shall be considered by 
another jury of the respective court of appeal.
(7) The case shall be considered in an open session with the participation of a prosecutor. Legal enti
ty shall also be summoned for the hearing.
(8) Where the request for resumption is found justified by the court of appeal, the latter shall revoke 
the act and shall send the case back for re-consideration, with indicating the procedural act as from which th
e new consideration shall start over.
 
Art. 83g. (new – SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) To all matters not covered in Art. 83b, 83d – 
83f, the provisions of the Penal Procedure Code  shall apply.
Chapter five.  
Special Provisions (new title SG 790/05)  
Art. 84. (Amend., SG 59/98; amend. – SG 39/11) Inasmuch as this Act contains no special rules for 
subpoena and presentation of subpoena and announcements, making inventory lists and seizing objects, dete
rmining expenses of witnesses and remuneration of experts, calculation of periods, as well as for the proceed
ings in court for consideration of complaints against penal prescriptions, of cassation claims at the administr
ative court and proposals for resumption shall apply the provisions of the Penal Procedure Code .
 
Art. 85. As regards the expressions "official", "body of the authority" and "official document" used 
in this Act shall apply the provisions of the Penal Code .
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Art. 85a. (new – SG 10/11) Where there are no special rules in this Act regarding the administrative
-penal proceedings established with a technical device or a system as set out in Art. 39, Para 4 , the provisio
ns of the Road Traffic Act .
 
Art. 86. The administrative violations committed before the enactment of this Act, for which acts h
ave not been issued, shall be established and the offenders shall be punished by the procedural order establis
hed by this Act.
 
Art. 87. The pending administrative penal proceedings shall be concluded by the procedural order e
stablished by this Act.
 
Additional provisions  
 
§ 1. (new – SG 10/11; amend. – SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015, former tect of § 1 – SG, 109/2
0, in force from 23.12.2021) Within the meaning of this Act:
1. (prev. § 1 – SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) “electronic slip” means the electronic statement 
on a paper, magnet or other carrier, created by an administrative-information system based on submitted and 
processed data about violations from automated technical devices or systems.
2. (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) “Direct benefit” is every favorable modification in th
e legal entity legal context, having occurred as direct consequence of the offense.
3. (new - SG 81/15, in force from 21.11.2015) “Indirect benefit” is:
a) the acquisitions as a result of disposing of the subject of crime;
b) the thing of the property acquired through an operation or a transaction with the direct benefit fro
m the offence;
c) the thing into which the direct benefit from the offense has been transformed.
4. (new – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) "Minor case" is one, in which the violation, comm
itted by a natural person or non-fulfillment of an obligation by a sole trader or legal person to the state or mu
nicipality, in view of the absence or insignificance of the harmful effects or in view of other mitigating circu
mstances, constitutes a lower degree of public danger, than ordinary cases of breach or non-performance of 
an obligation of the kind concerned.
5. (new – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) A "manifestly insignificant case" of a violation oc
curs when the act reveals a clearly insignificant degree of public danger.
6. (new – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) "Violation of the same type by a natural person or 
non-fulfillment of an obligation by a sole trader or legal person to the state or municipality of the same type" 
is this violation by a natural person or non-fulfillment of an obligation by a sole trader or a legal person to th
e state or a municipality, which carries out the signs of the same basic composition of the administrative viol
ation, regardless of whether it carries out the signs of a qualified or privileged composition.
(2) (New – SG, 109/20, in force from 23.12.2021) The envisaged penalty for repeated violation by 
a natural person or non-fulfillment of an obligation by a sole trader or legal person to the state or municipalit
y shall be imposed, when the violation by the natural person or the non-fulfillment of an obligation by a sole 
trader or a legal person to the state or municipality has been committed within one year from the entry into f
orce of an act, imposing an administrative penalty for a violation of the same type or a pecuniary sanction fo
r non-fulfillment of an obligation of the same type, unless a special Act provides otherwise.
 
AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS  
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Code.
The reference in all normative documents to Chapter Twenty Eight of the Civil Procedure Code sha
ll be replaced by references to this Act.
 
§ 2. The reference in all normative acts to art. 207, para 1 and art. 207, para 3 of the revoked Penal 
Code, respectively to art. 271, para 1 and art. 271, para 3 of the acting Penal Code shall be replaced by refer
ence to art. 31, respectively art. 32 of this Act.
 
§ 3. Art. 271 of the Penal Code is amended as follows:
"271. Who does not fulfil or violates a decree, order or other act issued or adopted by the Council o
f Ministers, if the act explicitly refers to this Art., shall be punished by corrective labour for a period up to si
x months or a fine of up to 0.40 levs."
In art. 424, para 1 the words "and 271, para 1 and 3" are deleted. deleted is also letter "b" of para 2.
 
§ 4. Revoked is letter "b" of art. 5, para 1 of the Law for Inspection of supervision of the safety of l
abour at the Council of Ministers.
 
§ 5 - § 6 (Revoked, SG 11/98)
 
§ 7. (Amend., SG 102/95, suppl. SG 96/04) The provisions of art. 13 of this Act do not regard the p
unishments stipulated by the Edict for fighting minor hooliganism and in chapter four of the Public Order Pr
otection during Sports Events Act.
 
§ 8. In all normative acts stipulating administrative penalties the word "confiscation" is replaced by 
"seizure in favour of the state".
 
The implementation of the present Act is assigned to the Minister of Justice.
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE CODE  
(PROM. – SG 30/06, IN FORCE FROM 12.07.2006)
 
§ 142. The code shall enter into force three months after its promulgation in State Gazette, with the 
exception of:
1. division three, § 2, item 1 and § 2, item 2 – with regards to the repeal of chapter third, section II "
Appeal by court order", § 9, item 1 and 2, § 15 and § 44, item 1 and 2, § 51, item 1, § 53, item 1, § 61, item 
1, § 66, item 3, § 76, items 1 – 3, § 78, § 79, § 83, item 1, § 84, item 1 and 2, § 89, items 1 - 4§ 101, item 1, 
§ 102, item 1, § 107, § 117, items 1 and 2, § 125, § 128, items 1 and 2, § 132, item 2 and § 136, item 1, as w
ell as § 34, § 35, item 2, § 43, item 2, § 62, item 1, § 66, items 2 and 4, § 97, item 2 and § 125, item 1 – with 
regard to the replacement of the word "the regional" with the "administrative" and the replacement of the wo
rd "the Sofia City Court" with "the Administrative court - Sofia", which shall enter into force from the 1st of 
May 2007;
2. paragraph 120, which shall enter into force from the 1st of January 2007;
3. paragraph 3, which shall enter into force from the day of the promulgation of the code in State G
azette.
 
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TO THE ACT ON THE STATE BUDGET OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR 2007  
(PROM. – SG 108/06, IN FORCE FROM 29.12.2006)
 
§ 106. This Act shall enter into force from 1 January 2007 except § 103 and 104, which shall enter i
nto force from the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette.
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE  
(PROM. – SG 59/07, IN FORCE FROM 01.03.2008)
 
§ 61. This code shall enter into force from 1 March 2008, except for:
1. Part Seven “Special rules related to proceedings on civil cases subject to application of Communi
ty legislation”
2. paragraph 2, par. 4;
3. paragraph 3 related to revoking of Chapter Thirty Two “a” “Special rules for recognition and ad
mission of fulfillment of decisions of foreign courts and of other foreign bodies” with Art. 307a – 307e and 
Part Seven “Proceedings for returning a child or exercising the right of personal relations” with Art. 502 – 5
07;
4. paragraph 4, par. 2;
5. paragraph 24;
6. paragraph 60,
which shall enter into force three days after the promulgation of the Code in the State Gazette.
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE TAX-INSURANCE PROCEDURE COD
E 
(PROM. – SG 12/09, IN FORCE FROM 01.05.2009; SUPPL. – SG 32/09)
 
§ 68. This Act shall enter into force from May 1, 2009 except for § 65, 66 and 67, which shall enter 
into force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette and § 2 - 10, § 12, items 1 and 2 - regarding 
para 3, § 13 - 22, § 24 - 35, § 36, paras 1 - 4, § 37 - 51, § 52, items 1 - 3, т. 4, letter "a", item 7, letter "f" - re
garding para 10 and 11, т. 8, letter "a", items. 9 and 12 and § 53 - 64, which shall enter into force from Janu
ary 1, 2010.
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT  
(PROM. – SG 10/11)
 
§ 11. To violations established before entry into force of this Act shall apply the previous order.
 
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TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE PENAL CODE  
(PROM. – SG 33/11, IN FORCE FROM 27.05.2011)
 
§ 46. This Act shall enter into force one month after its promulgation in the State Gazette, except fo
r § 21 and § 22, which shall enter into force three months after its promulgation in the State Gazette.
 
Additional provisions  
TO THE ACT SUPPLEMENTING THE PENAL CODE  
(PROM. – SG 19/12)
 
§ 2. This Act shall implement the requirements of Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliamen
t and of the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against e
mployers of illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ, L 168/24 of 30 June 2009).
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ENERGY SECTOR ACT  
(prom. – SG 54/12, IN FORCE FROM 17.07.2012)
 
§ 204. This Act shall enter into force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette, except f
or:
1. paragraph 23, § 121, § 189, item 2, § 198 and § 199, para 3, which shall enter into force from Jan
uary 1, 2012;
2. Art. 81b, which shall enter into force from March 3, 2013;
3. Art.120, para 6, which shall enter into force from January 1, 2014.
 
Concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AN
D PENALTIES ACT  
(PROM. - SG 77/12, IN FORCE FROM 09.10.2012)
 
§ 19. The Act shall enter into force from its promulgation date in the State Gazette.
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT ON THE STATE BUDGET OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR THE YEAR 2
014 
(PROM. – SG 98/14, IN FORCE FROM 28.11.2014)
 
§ 12. This Act shall enter into force from the date of its promulgation in the State Gazette.
 
Decision of the Executive Committee of 28 April 1999 on the Agreement on Cooperation in Procee
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Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT ON THE STATE BUDGET OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA IN 2015  
(PROM. – SG 107/14, IN FORCE FROM 01.01.2015)
 
§ 21. The Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2015, except for § 19 which shall enter into force 
on 1 December 2014.
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AN
D PENALTIES ACT  
(PROM. – SG 81/15, IN FORCE FROM 21.11.2015)
 
§ 8. Outstanding court proceedings in administrative courts under Art. 83a – 83f shall be suspended 
and shall be forwarded by competence to the respective regional court.
§ 9. This act shall become effective one month after its promulgation in State Gazette.
 
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT ON ENFORCING THE MEASURES AGAINST MARKET ABUSE WITH FINANCI
AL INSTRUMENTS  
(PROM. - SG 76/16, IN FORCE FROM 30.09.2016)
§ 15. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exc
eption of § 11, which shall enter into force on August 9 th, 2016.
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT  
(PROM. - SG 101/16, IN FORCE FROM 21.01.2017)
§ 41. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exc
eption of § 20, which shall enter into force on 1 of July 2017.
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE PENAL PROCEDURE CODE  
(PROM. - SG 63/17, IN FORCE FROM 05.11.2017)
§ 116. The Act shall enter into force three months after its promulgation in State Gazette.
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE PAYMENT SERVICES AND PAYMEN
T SYSTEMS ACT  
(PROM. - SG 20/18, in force from 06.03.2018)
§ 28. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette with the exce
ption of:
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brochure on consumer rights under Art. 106 (2) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 and Art. 71, para. 2, item 3, Ar
t. 72, para. 3, item 4, para. 4, Item 1, Art. 73, para. 2, item 3, para. 3, item 1 and Art. 100, which shall enter i
nto force 18 months after the entry into force of the regulatory technical standards, which the European Com
mission accepts under Art. 98 (4) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; until the entry into force of Art. 100, para. 1 
- 6 payment service providers comply with the requirements of Final Guidelines on the Security of Internet 
Payments of 19 December 2014 of the European Banking Authority;
2. Article 102, which shall enter into force on 30 April 2018, and Art. 103 to 109, which shall enter 
into force on 31 October 2018;
3. paragraph 16, point 2, letter "c" of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions concerning para. 8
, which shall enter into force on 1 January 2019;
4. Paragraphs 25 and 26, paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions, which sh
all enter into force on 1 July 2018.
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ENERGY SECTOR ACT  
(PROM. - SG 38/18, IN FORCE FROM 08.05.2018)
§ 74. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, except for:
1. Paragraphs 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42 and § 64 relating to ite
ms 1 to 4, which shall enter into force from 1 July 2018;
2. paragraphs 63 and 66, which shall enter into force from 30 April 2018;
3. paragraphs 5, 6, 9, 10 and 73, which shall enter into force from 1 January 2019.
Additional provisions  
TO THE ACT SUPPLEMENTING THE PENAL PROCEDURE CODE  
(PROM. - SG 83/19)
§ 3. Article 201, para. 2 of the Penal Code and Art. 83a, para. 1 of the Administrative Offenses and 
Sanctions Act introduces the requirements of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of t
he Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal la
w (OB, L 198/29 of 28 July 2017).
Concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE PAYMENT SERVICES AND PAYMEN
T SYSTEMS ACT  
(PROM. – SG 13/20, IN FORCE FROM 14.02.2020)
§ 44. This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exc
eption of § 31 which shall enter into force within 6 months after its promulgation.
 
 
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT, AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS A
ND PENALTIRES ACT  
(PUBL. – SG, 109/20, IN FORCE FROM 23.12.2021)
§ 44. The proceedings before the penal bodies, whose competence is changing, which have not bee
n completed before the entry into force of this Act, shall be considered by the penal bodies, before which the
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§ 45. The proceedings before a court, whose jurisdiction is changing, which have not been complet
ed before the entry into force of this Act, shall be completed by the court, before which they have been instit
uted.
§ 46. The proceedings, which have not been completed by the entry into force of this Act, instituted 
on the basis of a motivated decree under Art. 83b, whose jurisdiction changes, shall be considered by the co
urts, before which they are formed.
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§ 51. The Act shall enter into force one year after its promulgation in the State Gazette.
Transitional and concluding provisions  
TO THE ACT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE MARKETS IN FINANCIAL INSTRUM
ENTS ACT  
(PROM. - SG 25/22, IN FORCE FROM 29.03.2022)
§ 94. The Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation in the State Gazette, with the exc
eption of § 79, items 1, 4 and item 9, letter "a", which shall enter into force on 19 October 2022.
Relevant Acts of the European Legislation  
Decision of the Executive Committee of 28 April 1999 on the Agreement on Cooperation in Procee
dings for Road Traffic Offences (SCH/Com-ex (99) 11, rev. 2)
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