According to Article 225 of the "Criminal Law": Anyone who violates state regulations and commits any of the following illegal business activities and disrupts market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also A fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income shall be imposed; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the amount of illegal income or confiscated property:
Operating a franchise without permission , specializing in commodities or other commodities with restricted trading stipulated in laws and administrative regulations; buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated in laws and administrative regulations; without the approval of the relevant national competent authorities, Illegal operation of securities, futures, insurance business, or illegal operation of fund payment and settlement business; other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt market order.
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Relevant elements of the crime of illegal business:
1. Anyone who illegally sells more than 20 tons but less than 30 tons of salt shall be sentenced to criminal detention or fine. Anyone who illegally deals in 30 tons of salt will be sentenced to 1 year in prison, and for each additional 6 tons, the sentence will be increased by 1 year.
2. Without the permission of the tobacco monopoly administrative department, without a production license, wholesale license, or retail license, if one of the following circumstances occurs in the production or wholesale of tobacco products, it is a serious case and is legally prohibited. The base sentence is fixed-term imprisonment of less than one year: the illegal business amount of an individual reaches 50,000 yuan, or the amount of illegal income reaches 6.5438 million yuan; the illegal business amount of an unit reaches 500,000 yuan, or the amount of illegal income reaches 654.38 million yuan.
3. Anyone who illegally operates telecommunications business with an amount of less than 6.54385 million yuan shall be fined; if the amount is more than 15,000 yuan but less than 2 million yuan, he will be detained; if the amount is 2 million yuan, he will be sentenced to six months in prison, and for every additional 5 Ten thousand yuan, one month added to the sentence.
Supreme People's Procuratorate-Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (1997 Revision)