Article 225 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 the illegal income or his property shall be confiscated: (1) dealing in monopoly commodities or other commodities whose trading 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; (3) illegally engaging in securities, futures or insurance business without the approval of the relevant competent department of the state; (four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the order of the city.

Article 231 Where a unit commits the crimes specified in Articles 221 to 230 of this section, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Guide to the supreme court

Article 89 Whoever is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and produces or wholesales tobacco products without the permission of the department of tobacco monopoly administration, without a production license, a wholesale license or a retail license, if the circumstances are serious, the benchmark punishment shall be one year's fixed-term imprisonment:

(1) The amount of personal illegal business operation reaches 50,000 yuan, or the amount of illegal income reaches 1 10,000 yuan;

(two) the amount of illegal business units reached 500 thousand yuan, or the amount of illegal income reached 6.5438 million yuan;

(3) Having been subjected to administrative punishment for illegal business in tobacco products for more than two times, and the amount of illegal business has reached 20,000 yuan.

Article 90 If the circumstances of illegally dealing in tobacco products are particularly serious, the benchmark punishment shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years.