Article 23 — Effect of Prohibitions and Restrictions

1/ Persons who carry on a trade subject to prohibition or without fulfilling legally prescribed special requirements or conditions shall be liable to the penalties provided by the relevant criminal law. 2/ Persons who carry on a trade subject to prohibition or restriction may not invoke the said prohibition or restriction to free themselves from liabilities incurred in carrying on a trade subject to prohibition or restriction. They may not hold themselves out to be traders to third parties but they shall be liable as though they were traders.