BULGARIA – CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

Chapter Two - CRIME

Section I -General Provisions

Article 11
(1) An act dangerous to society shall be considered culpably committed where it is intentional or committed through negligence.

BULGARIA – CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

Chapter Two - CRIME

Section I -General Provisions

Article 11
(3) An act shall be considered committed through negligence where the perpetrator did not foresee the occurrence of consequences dangerous to society, but was obliged to and could foresee them, or where he foresaw the occurrence of such consequences but intended to avert them.

(4) Acts committed through negligence shall be punishable only in the cases provided by law.

(5) Where the law qualifies an act as aggravated crime due to the occurrence of additional consequences dangerous to society, if no intent is required for such consequences the perpetrator shall be held responsible for aggravated crime where he has acted with negligence with regard to those consequences.

BULGARIA – CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

Chapter Two - CRIME

Section I -General Provisions

Article 14
(1) The lack of knowledge of the factual circumstances, which belong to the elements of the crime, shall exclude the intentional nature of this crime.

(2) This rule shall apply also to acts committed through negligence, where the lack of knowledge itself of the factual circumstances was not due to negligence.