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GENERAL PROVISIONS ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE. LEGAL STATUS POWERS SUBMISSION OF COMPLAINTS AND ALERTS ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS.

OMBUDSMAN ACTPromulgated, State Gazette No. 48/23.05.2003 (effective 1.01.2004)
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     Article 1. This Act regulates the legal status, organization and
activities of the Ombudsman.
     Article 2. The Ombudsman shall intervene by the means provided for in this Act, when citizens' rights and freedoms have been violated by actions or omissions of the State and municipal authorities and the administrations thereof, as well as by the persons commissioned to provide public services.
     Article 3. (1) The Ombudsman shall be independent in his or her activities and shall obey only the Constitution, the laws, and the ratified international treaties whereto the Republic of Bulgaria is a party. He or she shall be guided by his or her personal conscience and morality.
     (2) The Ombudsman shall perform his or her activities on the basis of the rules of organization and operation of the institution. The said rules shall be elaborated by the Ombudsman, shall be approved by a resolution of the National Assembly, and shall be promulgated in the State Gazette.
     Article 4. The activities of the Ombudsman shall be public.
     Article 5. The Ombudsman shall be assisted in his or her activities by a Deputy Ombudsman.
     Article 6. The State and municipal authorities and the administrations thereof, the legal persons and citizens shall be obliged to provide the Ombudsman with information officially entrusted thereto, and to provide assistance to the Ombudsman in connection with the complaints and alerts sent to him or her.
     Article 7. The activities of the Ombudsman and his or her administration shall be financed by the state budget and/or by other public sources. The Ombudsman shall be a first-level spending unit.