Marital theft may not be regarded as theft if it is understood by family members or close relatives; If you don't get an understanding, the amount is large, or you steal many times or steal with a weapon, it constitutes theft, but you should be given a lighter punishment as appropriate.
Legal objectivity:
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, 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. Explanations of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Applicable Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft Article 1 Whoever steals public or private property in an amount of more than 1,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan and more than 100,000 yuan, and more than 300,000 yuan and less than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as the amount specified in Article 264 of the Criminal Law respectively? A lot? 、? Huge amount? 、? The amount is particularly huge? . "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 8 Whoever steals the property of family members or close relatives and obtains forgiveness may generally not be regarded as a crime; Those who are investigated for criminal responsibility shall be treated leniently as appropriate.