Source: http://www2.parliament.bg/en/23
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 12:38:36+00:00

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Art. 1. The state seal of the Republic of Bulgaria shall have a round shape. Depicted in the middle shall be the coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria. Around the coat of arms in the upper half of the circle it shall be written "Republic of Bulgaria", and in the lower half - "state seal".
Art. 2. (1) The state seal may be a wax relief seal which is laid to red wax, and dry relief seal.
(2) The cases in which the respective type of seal is used shall be regulated by this law.
Art. 3. (1) A plastic standard and plastic metal carriers shall be manufactured in single copies which shall be used for laying a wax or dry relief seal under this law envisaged order.
(2) The graphic depiction on the state seal with defining the type and size of the print type, description of the composition, way of laying the wax or dry relief seal pursuant to supplement No. 1 which is an inseparable part from this law.
Art. 4. The state seal of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be kept by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration and in this capacity of his he shall be referred to as "keeper of the state seal".
Art. 5. (1) The plastic standard under Art. 3, para 1 together with an electronic recording on a magnetic carrier of the state seal shall be preserved in a special safe of the National Bank of Bulgaria the key to which shall be kept by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration.
(2) The wax and dry relief seals under Art. 3, para 1 shall be kept by an order, determined by an order of the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration, at the Ministry of justice and the legal Eurointegration.
Art. 6. (1) The wax and dry relief seal under Art. 3, para 1 shall be renewed if need be on the order of the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration.
(2) The substituted seals under para 1 shall be destroyed by an order, determined by an order of the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration for which he shall draft a protocol.
Art. 7. (1) The state seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration after signing by the chairman of the Grand National Assembly of the laws of the Grand National Assembly.
13. decision for declaring military or other state of emergency throughout the country's territory or on part of it.
(3) The minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration shall affix with a wax relief seal an adopted new Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as the law of amendment and rider to the Constitution and decision for holding elections for Grand National Assembly. In the rest of the cases under para 1 and para 2 he shall affix the respective bills by a dry relief seal.
(4) The state seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration not later than three days upon receipt of the bills under para 1 and para 2.
(3) The minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration shall affix the decrees of the president for scheduling new elections for Grand National Assembly by a wax relief seal. In the rest of cases under para 1 he shall affix the respective decrees by a dry relief seal.
(4) The state seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration not later than three days upon receipt of the decrees.
1. The National Assembly shall submit to the president of the Republic the laws for promulgation not later than three days of their adoption.
3. the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration shall lay the state seal on the decrees of the president under para 1, items 8 and 9 not later than two days upon receipt.
Art. 9. (1) The state seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration on the originals of the documents for ratification, endorsement, adoption or joining an international treaty, drafted on the basis of a National Assembly adopted a law of ratification or an act of the Council of Ministers under which the Republic of Bulgaria joins an international treaty.
(2) The state seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration on the originals of the documents by which the heads of the diplomatic missions and of the permanent representatives of the Republic of Bulgaria to international organizations are accredited.
(3) The state seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration not later than three days upon receipt of the documents under para 1 and para 2.
Art. 10. (1) The laying of the state seal is of a certification significance. The decrees which are not re-signed by the prime minister or the respective minister, shall be effected as of the moment of their decreeing by the president of the Republic, while all the rest - after their re-signing.
(2) The minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration shall certify by his signature the laying of the state seal on the respective act, except for Art. 8, para 1, item 10 and Art. 9.
Art. 11. (1) The wax relief seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration immediately below the signature which is certified.
(2) Dry relief seal shall be laid by the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration on the signature which is certified.
Art. 12. The Council of Ministers shall appoint a minister to lay the state seal in the absence or in the event of an impossibility of the minister for justice and the legal Eurointegration to lay it.
Art. 13. (1) The ministry of justice and the legal Eurointegration shall keep a special register in which all acts on which the state seal has been laid are entered according to the order of their entry.
(2) The documents on which the state seal has been laid also bear the number, the date of entry in the register respectively.
Art. 14. (1) A copy of a document bearing the state seal shall be legalized at the ministry of justice and the legal Eurointegration which certify that the original is bearing the state seal.
(2) The original of an act or a document on which the state seal has been laid shall be kept in the National Assembly, in the administrative office of the president respectively.

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