(adopted at the 1571st meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court on March 8, 213, the 1st meeting of the 12th Procuratorial Committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on March 18, 213, and the 12th meeting)
p > In order to punish theft crimes according to law, To protect public and private property, according to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law, some issues concerning the application of law in handling criminal cases of theft are explained as follows:
Article 1 Whoever steals public and private property with a value of more than 1, to 3, yuan, 3, to 1, yuan and 3, to 5, 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 respectively.
the higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government may, according to the local economic development and the social security situation, determine the specific amount standards to be implemented in their respective regions within the amount range specified in the preceding paragraph, and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
if the location of the theft of the public * * * * operating across regions cannot be verified, whether the amount of theft reaches "large amount", "huge amount" or "extremely large amount" shall be determined according to the relevant amount standards determined by the higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the case is accepted.
stealing contraband such as drugs should be treated as theft, and punishment should be imposed according to the seriousness of the case.
Article 264 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or commits theft for many times, burglary, theft with a weapon or pickpocketing, 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 1 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.