Understanding and application of judicial interpretation of theft

Theft refers to the act of stealing a large amount of public or private property for the purpose of illegal possession, or repeatedly stealing, burglary, theft with a weapon, and pickpocketing public or private property.

In order to punish theft crimes according to law and protect public and private property, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate have formulated the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft (hereinafter referred to as the Interpretation). It was discussed and passed at the meeting of the Judicial Committee of 20 157 1 the Supreme People's Court and the meeting of the Procuratorial Committee of 20 13 in the Supreme People's Procuratorate, since 20 13.

Theft is the most common and frequent crime. Over the years, the number of criminal cases tried by people's courts has always ranked first. 1997 after the revision of the criminal law, in order to accurately apply the law, the Supreme People's Court timely formulated the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Theft Cases (Fa Shi [1998] No.4, hereinafter referred to as1998 Interpretation), which clarified the specific conviction and sentencing standards for theft crimes, and made it clear that in the trial of theft cases,

According to the revised criminal law and combined with trial practice, the interpretation is divided into 15, which makes specific provisions on the universality of applicable laws in handling criminal cases of theft.

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Legal basis: 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 (namely, Judicial Interpretation of Theft) was jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on April 2, 20 13, and came into force on April 4, 20 13.

According to the judicial interpretation, those who steal public or private property with a value of more than 1,000 yuan and less than 3,000 yuan, or who repeatedly steal, break into houses, steal with weapons or pick pockets, 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.