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Committee on Legal Affairs votes higher penalties for causing light and medium bodily harm

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The Legal Affairs Committee has adopted proposed changes to the Criminal Code which would raise the penalties for light and medium bodily harm. The draft, tabled by GERB-SDS, PP-DB and MRF, was approved unanimously. It provides for the perpetrator to receive up to 8 years in prison for inflicting medium bodily harm, instead of 6. There will be no probation for light bodily harm. Such an offence is punishable by up to 2 years' imprisonment. The fine is also increased - from 500 /255 euro/ to 1000 leva /511 euro/, currently it is from 100 /51 euro/ to 300 leva /153 euro/.
The changes are to be voted on in plenary.



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