Stealing fifty dollars does not meet the standard of theft. Under normal circumstances, the act is detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to 500 yuan. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may also be fined not more than 1,000 yuan.
The constitutive requirements of theft specifically include:
1, the subject of this crime is the general subject;
2, the subjective aspect is out of direct intention, and for the purpose of illegal possession;
3. The object of infringement is the ownership of public and private property;
4. Objectively, there are acts of secretly stealing, transferring public and private property to one's own control and illegal possession.
Sentencing standard of theft
1, personal theft of public or private property with a value of RMB1000-3,000 yuan is defined as "a large amount".
2, personal theft of public or private property worth more than 30 thousand yuan to 6.5438 million yuan, as a "huge amount."
3, personal theft of public or private property worth more than 300 thousand yuan to 500 thousand yuan, as a "particularly huge amount."
Original amount standard (issued by 1998)
The standards for stealing public or private property are as follows:
1, where the value of personal theft of public or private property is more than RMB 500 yuan but less than RMB 2,000, it is defined as "a large amount".
2, personal theft of public or private property worth more than 5000 yuan to 20000 yuan, for a huge amount.
3, personal theft of public or private property worth more than 30 thousand yuan to 654.38 million yuan, as a "particularly huge amount."
The higher people's courts of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the economic development of the region and considering the social security situation, determine the standards of "large amount", "huge amount" and "especially huge" implemented in the region within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph.
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Legal basis:
Forty-ninth "People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law"
Theft, fraud, looting, looting, extortion or intentional damage to public or private property shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and a fine of not more than 500 yuan may be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and may also be fined less than 1000 yuan.
Article 264 of the Criminal Law
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.
Article 1 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft.
Whoever steals public or private property in an amount of more than 1,000 yuan and less than 3,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan and less than 100,000 yuan, or more than 300,000 yuan and more than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law. The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the local economic development and the situation of social security, determine the specific amount standards implemented in their respective regions within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.