Article 21 of the National Salt Monopoly Measures violates the provisions of Article 10 of these Measures and fails to obtain a salt wholesale license to operate the salt wholesale business. Salt authorities shall order them to stop wholesale activities, confiscate the illegally operated salt and illegal income, and may impose a fine of less than 3 times the value of the illegally operated salt.

Article 22 In violation of the provisions of Article 14 of these measures, salt retail units, individual industrial and commercial households entrusted to sell salt on a commission basis, designated salt purchasing units and food processing units, enterprises, units or individuals that have not obtained the salt wholesale license shall be ordered by the salt industry authorities to make corrections, the illegally purchased salt shall be confiscated, and a fine of less than three times the value of the illegally purchased salt may be imposed.

Twenty-third in violation of the provisions of Article 16 (1), (2), (3) and (5) of these measures, the non-edible salt is sold as salt, and the salt industry authorities shall order it to stop selling, confiscate the illegal income, and may impose a fine of less than 5 times the illegal income; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

2. Article 225 of the Criminal Law: Whoever, in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the 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, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he 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 for illegal gains or confiscation of property:

(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;

(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.