The penalty for intentionally selling counterfeit drugs is imprisonment for not more than three years. For the sale of counterfeit drugs without knowing it, the relevant criminal responsibility should also be investigated. The channels for drugs should be handled by regular merchants, and serious criminal responsibility should be investigated if people die.
How to punish selling expired drugs?
1, confiscate the illegally produced and sold drugs and illegal income, and impose a fine of not less than ten times but not more than twenty times the value of the illegally produced and sold drugs;
2, illegal production, wholesale drug value is less than one hundred thousand yuan, calculated by one hundred thousand yuan, illegal retail drug value is less than ten thousand yuan, calculated by ten thousand yuan;
3. If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend production and business for rectification until the drug approval certificate and drug production license are revoked;
4, the production and sale of Chinese herbal pieces do not meet the drug standards, does not affect the safety and effectiveness, shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit, given a warning.
5. If the case constitutes a crime, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined; If the consequences are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
I hope the above questions can help you. If you have other legal questions, please consult a professional lawyer.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 141 Whoever produces or sells counterfeit drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; Whoever causes serious harm to human health or has other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and fined; Whoever causes death or has other particularly serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Drug addicts who knowingly provide counterfeit drugs to others for use shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 142 Whoever produces or sells inferior drugs and causes serious harm to human health shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the consequences are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Drug addicts who knowingly provide inferior drugs to others shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.