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 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.
Sentencing standard for the crime of illegal business operation;
(a) operating franchise, special business projects or other restricted business projects as stipulated 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.
Sentencing standard for the crime of illegal business operation: under any of the following circumstances, it belongs to "the circumstances are particularly serious":
1, the individual illegal business amount is more than 300,000 yuan, or the unit illegal business amount is more than 1 10,000 yuan;
2, the illegal income of individuals is more than 654.38+10,000 yuan, or the illegal income of units is more than 300,000 yuan;
3. Individuals illegally operate newspapers 1.5 million copies, periodicals 1.5 million copies, books 5,000 copies or electronic publications of audio-visual products 1.5 million copies or more;
4. The unit illegally operates 50,000 newspapers or 50,000 periodicals, 65,438+05,000 books or audio-visual products.
More than 5,000 kinds (boxes) of electronic publications;
5. Having reached more than 80% of the first four threshold standards, having been subjected to administrative punishment for publishing, printing, copying and distributing illegal publications for more than two times within two years, or having caused adverse social impact or other serious consequences.