According to the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Article 263 Robbery Whoever robs public or private property by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death, and shall also be fined or confiscated:
Burglary;
(2) Robbery on public transport;
(3) robbing banks or other financial institutions;
(4) Robbery for many times or the amount of robbery is huge;
(5) Robbery causes serious injury or death;
(six) posing as military and police personnel to rob;
(7) Armed robbery;
(eight) robbing military supplies or emergency rescue, disaster relief and relief supplies.
Article 264 Whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or who steals, enters houses, carries weapons or pickpockets for many times, 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 269 Whoever commits theft, fraud or robbery and uses violence or threatens violence on the spot to conceal stolen goods, resist arrest or destroy criminal evidence shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 263 of this Law.
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Case: Repeated theft and petty theft should also be punished.
The People's Court of Dong 'an County, Hunan Province sentenced the defendants Zhou and Li to a fine of RMB 3,000 and 1000 respectively for theft, and sentenced them to one year and eight months' imprisonment respectively.
From June, 20 16 to June, 20 17 and 1 6, the defendants Zhou and Li went to Dong 'an county market to steal pork belly, beef and other foods for six times (six times for Zhou and three times for Li), and the total amount of theft was more than 5,000 yuan.
The court held that the defendants Zhou and Li secretly stole other people's property for the purpose of illegal possession, and their actions constituted theft. In the joint crime of * * *, the defendants Zhou and Li both played an active and main role and were the principal offenders. After the defendants Zhou and Li arrived at the case, they truthfully confessed their crimes and pleaded guilty in court, which can be given a lighter punishment.
2. The defendant may refund part of the stolen goods to the victim, and may be given a lighter punishment as appropriate. If the property stolen by the defendant fails to make restitution, it shall be ordered to make restitution according to law. Therefore, the above judgment was made.
According to Article 3 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, which came into effect on April 4, 20 13, those who steal more than three times in two years shall be deemed as "multiple thefts" and may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years regardless of the amount standard.
Wen county Public Security Bureau Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law
Hunan court network-repeated theft and petty theft will also be punished