1. A natural person who commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. If the circumstances are 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;
2. If a unit commits this crime, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with regulations.
Cases of illegal business operations shall be prosecuted under any of the following circumstances:
1, in violation of state regulations, engage in international telecommunications business or engage in profit-making activities involving telecommunications business in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan without authorization by renting international private lines, setting up switching equipment privately or other methods;
2 illegal operation of foreign exchange, suspected of one of the following circumstances, should be prosecuted. If the amount of foreign exchange bought and sold outside the designated foreign exchange banks, China Foreign Exchange Trading Center and its sub-centers is more than US$ 200,000, or the illegal income is more than RMB 50,000, the company, enterprise or other unit violates the relevant provisions of foreign trade agency business, uses illegal means, or knowingly buys foreign exchange for others, amounting to US$ 5 million.
3, in violation of state regulations, publishing, printing, copying and distributing illegal publications, suspected of one of the following circumstances, should be prosecuted, personal illegal business turnover of more than 50 thousand yuan, illegal business turnover of more than 6.5438+0.5 million yuan, personal illegal income of more than 20 thousand yuan, illegal income of more than 50 thousand yuan.
laws and regulations
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
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 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;
(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.