Theft if you reach a certain amount, will constitute the crime of theft, may be subject to criminal penalties; if you do not reach the amount of the crime or other conditions constituting the crime of theft, is also a violation of public security management violations, will be subject to public security management penalties.
Sentencing standards: according to "the supreme people's court supreme people's procuratorate on the handling of criminal cases of theft of the interpretation of certain issues of the applicable law"
Article 1 of the theft of public and private property valued at one thousand yuan to more than three thousand yuan, thirty thousand to more than one hundred thousand yuan, three hundred thousand to more than five hundred thousand yuan, shall be recognized as criminal law, respectively, article 264 of the provisions of the "larger amount", "huge amount", "especially huge amount".
The Higher People's Courts and People's Procuratorates of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, in accordance with the state of economic development in their respective regions and taking into account the state of social security, determine the specific amount standards to be enforced in their respective regions within the range of the amounts stipulated in the foregoing paragraph, and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
According to Article 264 of the Criminal Law, if a person steals public or private property in a larger amount or repeatedly steals, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, detention or control, and shall be punished by a fine or a single fine.
If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, the penalty shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years, and a fine; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the penalty shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and a fine or confiscation of property.
If one of the following circumstances exists, he or she shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty and confiscation of property: theft of a financial institution, the amount of which is particularly large or theft of precious cultural relics, the circumstances of which are serious.
According to the "Chinese people's *** and the State Security Administration Punishment Law Security Administration Punishment Law" Article 49 of the theft, fraud, cajoling, looting, extortion or intentional destruction of public or private property, shall be sentenced to 5 days to 10 days of detention, and may be fined up to 500 yuan; the circumstances of the more serious cases, shall be sentenced to 10 days to 15 days of detention, and may be fined up to 1000 yuan.
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Circumstances punishable by theft
1. Article 193 (3) of the Criminal Law stipulates that a person who steals a credit card and uses it is punishable by theft. Article 210(1) of the Criminal Law stipulates: Theft of VAT invoices or other invoices that can be used to fraudulently obtain export tax refunds or tax credits shall be punished as theft.
2. Article 253 of the Criminal Law stipulates that if a postal worker steals property by opening or concealing or destroying mail or telegrams privately, he shall be punished by conviction for the crime of theft; and Article 265 of the Criminal Law stipulates that if he steals another person's communication line, copies another person's telecommunication code number, or uses telecommunication equipment or facilities that he knows are stolen or copied, he shall be punished by conviction for the crime of theft for the purpose of profit-making. Penalties.
3. Article 7 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Cases of Disturbing the Administrative Order of the Telecommunications Market stipulates that: the use of telecommunications cards after illegal recharging, resulting in the loss of a large amount of telecommunication charges, and shall be punished by conviction for the crime of theft.
4. Article 8 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Trial of Cases of Disturbing the Administrative Order of the Telecommunications Market stipulates that: if one steals another person's public ****information network Internet account number and password to access the Internet and causes a larger amount of loss of telecommunication charges to another person, he or she shall be convicted and punished for the crime of theft.
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