The crime of reselling cultural relics refers to a serious act of reselling cultural relics prohibited by the state for profit.
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 326 whoever resells cultural relics prohibited by the state for the purpose of making profits, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and fined.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
law of the peoples republic of china on protection of cultural relics
Article 2 In People's Republic of China (PRC), the following cultural relics are protected by the state:
(1) Sites of ancient culture, ancient tombs, ancient buildings, cave temples, stone carvings and murals of historical, artistic and scientific value;
(2) Important historical sites, objects and representative buildings related to major historical events, revolutionary movements or famous figures in modern times, which have important commemorative significance, educational significance or historical value;
(3) Precious artworks and arts and crafts in different periods in history;
(four) important documents in different historical periods, manuscripts and books with historical, artistic and scientific value. ;
(five) representative objects reflecting the social systems, social production and social life of various times and ethnic groups in history.
The standards and measures for cultural relics appraisal shall be formulated by the administrative department of cultural relics of the State Council and submitted to the State Council for approval.
Vertebrate paleontology and ancient human fossils with scientific value are protected by the state as well as cultural relics.
Article 64 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this Law, commits any of the following acts, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law:
(1) Excavating ancient cultural sites and ancient tombs;
(2) intentionally or negligently damaging precious cultural relics under state protection;
(3) Selling state-owned cultural relics or giving them to non-state-owned units or individuals without authorization;
(4) selling or giving away precious cultural relics prohibited by the state to foreigners without permission;
(five) reselling cultural relics prohibited by the state for profit:
(6) smuggling cultural relics;
(seven) theft, looting, dividing up or illegally occupying state-owned cultural relics;
(eight) other acts that hinder the management of cultural relics and should be investigated for criminal responsibility.
Explanations of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Cases of Theft, Excavation, Illegal Business and Smuggling of Cultural Relics.