Legal basis: measures for investigating unlicensed operation.
Article 2 No unit or individual may engage in unlicensed business in violation of laws, regulations and the State Council decisions.
Fifteenth any unit or individual engaged in unlicensed business, credit records by the investigation department, and shall be publicized in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations.
Eighteenth in violation of the provisions of these measures, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.
Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order, and 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;
(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.