Those who bid up prices during the epidemic period shall be punished according to the following provisions: Article 5 of the Provisions on Administrative Punishment for Price Violations stipulates that operators who collude with each other to manipulate market prices in violation of Article 14 of the Price Law, resulting in a sharp rise in commodity prices, shall be ordered to make corrections, their illegal income shall be confiscated and a fine of less than five times their illegal income shall be imposed; If there is no illegal income, a fine of 6,543,800 yuan and 6,543,800 yuan will be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, a fine of 6,543,800 yuan and 5 million yuan will be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification, or its business license shall be revoked by the administrative department for industry and commerce. Paragraph 4 of Article 225 of the Criminal Law stipulates that anyone who, in violation of state regulations, engages in other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order and disrupt 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 his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated.

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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 his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated: (1) dealing in franchise, monopoly goods or other commodities whose business 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.