Theft refers to the act of secretly stealing a large amount of public and private property for the purpose of illegal possession, or repeatedly stealing, burglary, theft with a weapon, and pickpocketing public and private property.
1, Criminal Law: Article 264 Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or repeatedly steals, 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 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
2. 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 of more than 1,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan, more than 100,000 yuan, more than 300,000 yuan and more than 500,000 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 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.
If theft is carried out on public transport running across regions, and it is impossible to verify the location of the theft, it shall be determined that the amount of theft has reached "a large amount" or "a huge amount" 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 punished according to the seriousness of the case.
3, Guangdong Higher People's Court on the determination of the amount of criminal cases of theft:
First, the first-class areas include Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan and other six cities, and the starting point for a large amount of theft is more than 3,000 yuan; The starting point of the huge amount is 10 million yuan or more; The starting point for a particularly huge amount is more than 500 thousand yuan.
The second and second types of areas include Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shantou, Zhaoqing, Yangjiang, Maoming, Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Zhanjiang, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Yunfu, Heyuan, Shanwei, Meizhou and other cities 15, and the starting point for a large amount of theft is more than 2,000 yuan; The starting point of the huge amount is more than 60 thousand yuan; The starting point for a particularly huge amount is more than 400 thousand yuan.