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Can I sell masks?
1. Is it illegal to sell masks privately?

It is illegal to sell masks without permission. Because masks also belong to medical devices, according to national regulations, if you want to operate, you must have relevant qualifications and obtain a business license. Therefore, ordinary people are not allowed to sell it privately. If the mask sold is genuine and the quality meets the standard, it may be suspected of illegal business operation.

Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order, and 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:

1. Without permission, dealing in franchised or monopolized commodities or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations.

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.

3, 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.

4. Other illegal business operations that seriously disrupt the market order.

Second, how to punish selling masks at high prices?

Selling masks at high prices is suspected of violating Item (3) of Article 14 of the Price Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and Item (3) of Item (1) of Article 6 of the Provisions on Administrative Punishment for Price Violations, which belongs to the act of using other means to drive up prices and push commodity prices too fast and too high. In accordance with the provisions of this article, administrative penalties shall be imposed on illegal business operations.

According to the Provisions on Administrative Penalties for Price Violations, if the circumstances are serious, a fine of more than 500,000 yuan and less than 3 million yuan will be imposed until it is ordered to suspend business for rectification or revoke its business license. Typical cases with bad plots will be publicly exposed.

Through the answers to the above-mentioned relevant legal provisions, we can know that it is illegal to sell masks without permission. According to the regulations, the illegal income will be confiscated and a fine will be imposed, and if the circumstances are serious, a sentence will be imposed. If you have any questions about the above related contents, you can refer to the relevant laws.