BULGARIA – CRIMINAL CODE
GENERAL PART
Chapter Two - CRIME
Section II - Preparation and Attempt
Article 17
(1) Preparation shall be the getting ready of the means, the finding of accomplices and the creating of conditions in general for the perpetration of intended crime, before the commencement of its perpetration.
(2) Preparation shall be punishable only in the cases provided for by the law.
(3) The acting person shall not be punished where he has given up the perpetration of the crime of his own accord.
Article 18
(1) An attempt shall be the commenced perpetration of intentional crime, whereas the act has not been completed or, although completed, the consequences dangerous to society provided by the law and desired by the perpetrator have not occurred.
(2) For an attempt, the perpetrator shall be punished by the punishment provided for completed crime, with due consideration taken of the degree of implementation of the intent and the reasons because of which the crime remained unaccomplished.
(3) For an attempt, the perpetrator shall not be punished where of his own accord:
(a) he has given up the completion of the crime, or
(b) he has averted the occurrence of criminal consequences .
Article 19
In the cases of Article 17, paragraph (3), and Article 18, paragraph (3), if the act of preparation or attempt contained elements of another crime, the perpetrator shall be held liable for that crime .
Section III - Complicity
Article 20
(1) Accomplices in the perpetration of intentional crime shall be: perpetrators, abettors and accessories.
(2) A perpetrator shall be a person who took part in the perpetration itself of the crime .
(3) An abettor shall be a person who intentionally incited another to commit a crime.
(4) An accessory shall be a person who intentionally facilitated the perpetration of a crime through advice, explanations, promises to render assistance after the act, removal of obstacles, supply of means or in any other way.
Article 21
(1) All accomplices shall be punished by the punishment provided for the perpetrated crime, with due consideration of the nature and degree of their participation.
(2) Abettors and accessories shall be held responsible only for what they have intentionally abetted or by what they have assisted the perpetrator.
(3) Where because of certain personal characteristics or attitude of the perpetrator the law treats the perpetrated act as a crime, liable for this crime shall be both the abettor and the accessory with respect of whom such circumstances do not exist.
(4) The special circumstances, due to which the law excludes, reduces or increases the punishment for some of the accomplices, shall not be taken into account for the remaining accomplices with respect to whom such circumstances do not exist.
Article 22
(1) The abettor and the accessory shall not be punished, if of their own accord they have given up further participation and hindered the perpetration of the act or averted the occurrence of criminal consequences.
(2) In such cases the provisions of Article 19 shall apply, respectively.
Individual criminal responsibility
Joint commission
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