Theft refers to the act of secretly stealing or stealing a large number of public and private property for the purpose of illegal possession.
Sentencing standard
Whoever steals public or private property in a large amount, or repeatedly steals, breaks into houses, steals with weapons 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 3 years 10 years and fined;
If the amount is especially huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Whoever commits theft and is fined according to law shall be fined more than 2 times the amount of theft 1000 yuan; If there is no theft amount or the theft amount cannot be calculated, a fine of 1000 yuan or more and 100000 yuan or less shall be imposed.
Whoever steals life-saving money in a hospital shall be given a heavier punishment.
Although the theft of public or private property reaches the standard of "large amount", if the perpetrator pleads guilty, repents, returns the stolen goods and makes restitution, which is a legally lenient punishment, does not participate in the sharing of stolen goods or gets less stolen goods, and is not the understanding of the principal or the victim, or other circumstances are minor, he may not be prosecuted or exempted from criminal punishment. If it does not constitute a crime and it is really necessary to be punished, the relevant departments shall give administrative punishment.