Article 49 of the Law on Punishment for Public Security Administration stipulates: Anyone who steals, swindles, coaxes, snatches, extorts or intentionally destroys public or private property shall be sentenced to detention for five to ten days or less, and may be fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are more serious, he or she shall be sentenced to detention for not less than ten to fifteen days, and may be fined not more than 1,000 yuan.