1. What are the criteria for determining the amount of theft?
1. Whoever steals public or private property in an amount of more than 1,000 yuan but less than 3,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan but less than 100,000 yuan, and more than 300,000 yuan but less than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "large amount", "huge amount" and "especially huge amount" as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law respectively.
2. 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.
Article 1 Whoever steals public or private property in an amount between 1,000 yuan and 3,000 yuan, between 30,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan, between 300,000 yuan and 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "relatively large amount", "huge amount" and "especially huge amount" as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law respectively.
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.
Second, under what circumstances should it be punished as theft?
According to the specific provisions of the Criminal Law and relevant judicial interpretations, the following acts are also punished as theft:
1. Whoever steals a credit card and uses it shall be convicted and punished for theft;
2. Whoever steals special invoices for value-added tax or other invoices that can be used to defraud export tax rebates or deduct taxes shall be convicted and punished for theft;
3. Postal workers who open or conceal, destroy mails and telegrams without permission and steal property shall be convicted and punished for theft;
4. For the purpose of making profits, stealing other people's communication lines, copying other people's telecom code numbers or using them knowing that they are stolen or copied telecom equipment and facilities, shall be convicted and punished for theft;
5. Whoever illegally recharges and uses the telecom card, resulting in a large loss of telecom charges, shall be convicted and punished for theft;
6. Whoever steals other people's public information network accounts and passwords to surf the Internet, causing a large number of telecom tariff losses to others, shall be convicted and punished for theft.
Whoever steals public or private property with a value of more than 1,000 yuan and less than 3,000 yuan 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; Whoever steals public or private property with a value of not less than 30,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined.
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Legal basis: criminal law
Article 264 Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a 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.