Whoever sells illegally produced tobacco monopoly products shall be ordered by the department of tobacco monopoly administration to stop selling, confiscate the illegal income, impose a fine of more than 20% and less than 50% of the total illegal sales, and publicly destroy the illegally sold tobacco monopoly products.
The case of selling fake cigarettes is suspected of illegal business operation. 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 confiscated of his property: (1) Without permission, he engages in the exclusive sale of commodities or other commodities whose trading is restricted by laws and administrative regulations.
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Whoever produces or sells tobacco products with counterfeit registered trademarks of others shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the infringement, compensate the infringed for the losses and may also be fined; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
Whoever sells illegally produced tobacco monopoly products shall be ordered by the department of tobacco monopoly administration to stop selling, confiscate the illegal income, impose a fine of more than 20% and less than 50% of the total illegal sales, and publicly destroy the illegally sold tobacco monopoly products.
Article 225 of the Criminal Law shall, in violation of state regulations, commit one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting the market order, and if the circumstances are serious, 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;