【正文】 of the consumers, and bear the reasonable expenses that the consumers have to pay. Article 47 Business operators who supply modities or services in the form of advance payment shall provide their modities or services according to the agreements. Business operators who fail to provide their modities or services according to the agreements shall fulfil the agreements or return the advance payment on the demand of the consumers, and shall also bear the interest of the advance payment and other necessary expenses that the consumers have to pay. Article 48 Business operators shall, on the demand of the consumers, be responsible for return of goods determined to be substandard modities by administrative departments concerned according to law. Article 49 Business operators engaged in fraudulent activities in supplying modities or services shall, on the demand of the consumers, increase the pensations for victims39。 losses。 the increased amount of the pensations shall be one time the costs that the consumers paid for the modities purchased or services received. Article 50 If business operators are under any of the following circumstances and the Law of the People39。s Republic of China on Product Quality and other laws and regulations have provided for punitive organs and forms therefor, the provisions of the laws or regulations shall be applied。 in absence of such provisions in the laws or regulations, administrative departments for industry and merce shall order them to make corrections, and may, in light of the circumstances, punish the offenders exclusively or concurrently with warning, confiscation of unlawful earnings, or imposition of a fine not less than one time but not more than five times the value of the unlawful earnings。 in case there involves no unlawful earnings, the offenders shall be punished with a fine of 10,000 yuan or less, and if the circumstances are serious, they shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification, and their business licences shall be revoked: (1) producing or selling modities failing to meet the requirements for the protection of personal and property safety。 (2) mixing adulterations into their modities, or passing fake modities off as genuine ones, or passing defective modities off as good ones, or passing substandard modities off as standard ones。 (3) producing modities which have been formally declared by the State to be eliminated, or selling modities no longer effective or deteriorated。 (4) forging the origin of modities, forging or counterfeiting the names and addresses of other factories, and forging or counterfeiting the authentication marks or famousandexcellentproduct marks。 (5) selling modities not inspected or quarantined against the requirement therefore, or forging the result of inspection or quarantine。 (6) making false or misleading propaganda about their modities or services。 (7) deliberately delaying or unreasonably refusing consumers39。 demand for repair, remanufacture, replacement, return of goods, makeup for the short modities, refundment of payment for goods or services, or pensations for losses。 (8) violating human dignity or personal freedom of consumers。 (9) other circumstances wherein punishment shall be given for infringement of consumer rights and interests as stipulated by laws or regulations. Article 51 Any business operator who is not satisfied with the decision on punishment may apply to the organ at the next higher level for reconsideration within 15 days from the date of receipt of the decision。 and the person who is not satisfied with the reconsideration decision may bring a lawsuit in the people39。s court within 15 days from the date of receipt of the reconsideration decision。 or he may take legal proceedings directly in the people39。s court. Article 52 Anyone who, by means of violence or threats, hinders functionaries of the administrative departments concerned from performing their duties according to law, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law。 and those who refuse or hinder functionaries of the administrative departments concerned from performing their duties according to law, without resorting to violence or threats, shall be punished by public security organs in accordance with the stipulations of the Regulations of the People39。s Republic of China on the Administrative Penalties for Public Security. Article 53 Any functionary of the State organs, who neglects his duties or shields any business operator guilty of infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, shall be given administrative sanctions by the unit he belongs to, or by an organ at a higher level。 if the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, he shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions Article 54 The present Law shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to peasants39。 purchase or application of means of production used directly in agricultural production. Article 55 The present Law shall go into effect as of January 1, 1994. 10