Is it legal for thieves to steal?

Unreasonable, thieves steal other people's property, is the violation of other people's property rights, according to the law shall be given criminal or public security punishment. For the stolen property, belonging to the crime or illegal proceeds, should be returned in full and unconditionally. If it has been squandered, the victim has the right to demand compensation. If the law provides for the non-return of things stolen by thieves, it is inconsistent with the purpose of the legislation.

Legal analysis

Unreasonable, after catching the thief can be sued to the court, apply to the court for compulsory execution, the court can freeze, allocate its property to compensate for the owner of the loss, if still can not repay the debt, the court can be recorded in the credit system, through the media to publish information on failure to fulfill their obligations and other measures to restrict the thief's behavior. When the people's court decides to seize, freeze, allocate or realize property, it shall make a ruling and issue a notice of assistance in execution, which must be handled by the unit concerned. Stolen property has a valid price certificate, according to the valid price certificate; no valid price certificate, or according to the price certificate that the amount of theft is obviously unreasonable, shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the appraisal agency commissioned valuation. Theft of public and private property valued at 1,000 yuan to more than 3,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan to more than 100,000 yuan, 300,000 yuan to more than 500,000 yuan, shall be deemed to be a larger amount, a huge amount, a particularly large amount. Theft of public or private property, with one of the following circumstances, the larger amount of the standard can be determined in accordance with fifty percent of the standards set forth in the preceding article: has been criminal punishment for theft; within one year has been administrative punishment for theft; organization, control of minors to steal; natural disasters, accidents and disasters, social security incidents and other emergencies, theft in the place of the incident; theft of disabled persons, widows and orphans, loss of working capacity of the person's belongings. Theft of the property of people with disabilities, widows and orphans, people with loss of labor capacity; theft of patients in hospitals or their relatives and friends; theft of disaster relief, rescue, flood control, preferential treatment, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief funds; theft caused by serious consequences. Theft more than three times within two years shall be recognized as multiple theft.

Legal basis

"Chinese People's **** and the State Public Security Administration Punishment Law" Article 49 Anyone who steals, swindles, coaxes, snatches, extorts or intentionally damages public or private property shall be sentenced to detention of not less than five nor more than ten days, and may be fined not more than five hundred yuan; if the circumstances are more serious, he shall be sentenced to detention of not less than ten nor more than fifteen days, and may be fined not more than one thousand yuan. A fine of not more than one thousand yuan may also be imposed.

Article 264 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China Theft of public or private property, the amount of which is larger, or repeated theft, burglary, theft with a weapon, pickpocketing, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or control, and a fine or a single fine; the amount of a huge amount of money or other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years to not more than ten years, and shall be punished; the amount of a particularly huge amount of money, or other particularly serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to a fine. or other particularly serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to more than ten years of imprisonment or life imprisonment, and shall be fined or confiscated property.