Is it illegal to steal 40 thousand yuan of waste products from the factory?

Violation of the law, the act is suspected of theft.

Whoever steals public or private property in a large amount, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a murder weapon or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Provisions on punishing criminal cases of theft

Article 115 of the Criminal Law shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance and a fine.

(1) If the amount of crime is more than 1000 yuan but less than 1500 yuan, the benchmark penalty shall be a fine; If the amount of crime is more than 1500 yuan but less than 2,000 yuan, the benchmark punishment shall be public surveillance; Whoever commits burglary or pickpocketing in public places for more than three times within one year shall be punished as theft, and the benchmark punishment shall be criminal detention;

(2) If the value of stealing public or private property is more than 2,000 yuan but less than 65,438+10,000 yuan, the theft value is 2,000 yuan, and the benchmark punishment is six months' imprisonment. For every 330 yuan increase in the amount of crime, the sentence will be increased by one month;

(3) 800 yuan may be investigated for criminal responsibility for stealing public or private property under any of the following circumstances. The benchmark punishment is 6 months' imprisonment, and the imprisonment period is increased by 6 months for each additional case:

1. Stealing by sabotage, resulting in losses to public or private property;

2. Stealing the property of the disabled, the widowed elderly or the disabled;

3. Causing serious consequences or other bad circumstances.

(4) Whoever steals 100 copies of special invoices for value-added tax or other invoices that can be used to defraud export tax refund and tax deduction shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 1 year, and the sentence will be increased by 1 month for every six copies issued; 50, the benchmark sentence is six months' imprisonment, and each additional eight sentences will be increased by one month; If there are less than 50 copies, the benchmark punishment shall be criminal detention, public surveillance or fine.

Article 116 of the Criminal Law shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.

Stealing public or private property with a value of 1000 yuan but less than 60,000 yuan, stealing 1000 yuan. The benchmark punishment is fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, and the sentence will be increased by one month for every 700 yuan increase in the amount of crime.

Under any of the following circumstances, the benchmark punishment shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, and the punishment shall be heavier depending on the seriousness of the case:

(a) The ringleader of a criminal group or the principal of a serious crime;

(2) Theft of financial institutions;

(three) the crime of escape is seriously harmful;

(four) recidivist and the amount of theft is 8000 yuan;

(5) Causing the victim's death, mental disorder or other serious consequences;

(six) theft of disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief, medical care and other funds and materials, resulting in serious consequences;

(seven) theft of means of production, which seriously affects production;

(8) Causing other heavy losses.

China's laws and regulations severely crack down on illegal and criminal acts, so if you encounter theft in your daily life, you must pay attention to safeguarding your own property interests and report the case in time.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis: Article 264 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or repeatedly steals, burglary, armed theft or pickpocketing, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.