Bulgaria

Criminal Code

BULGARIA – CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

Chapter Three - PENALLY RESPONSIBLE PERSONS

Article 31

(1) Penally responsible shall be any person of full age - who has completed 18 years of age, and who has perpetrated a crime in the state of being responsible for his acts.

(2) A minor - a person who has completed 14 years of age, but has not completed 18 years of age yet - shall be penally responsible if he was able to understand the nature and meaning of the act and to manage his actions.

(3) (Amended, SG No. 107/1996) Minors who cannot be considered culpable of their acts shall be admitted by a decision of the court to a correctional boarding school or to another appropriate establishment, should this be found necessary considering the circumstances of the case.

(4) With regard to the penal responsibility of minors, the special rules provided by this Code shall be applicable.

Article 32

(1) Underage persons who have not completed 14 years of age shall not be held penally responsible.

(2) With respect to minors who have committed socially dangerous acts, the relevant educational measures may be applied.

Keywords

Age of criminal responsibility - national proceedings



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