Article 264 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that whoever steals public or private property in a large amount or for many times shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or 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; Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death, and his property shall also be confiscated:
(a) theft of financial institutions, the amount is particularly huge;
(2) stealing precious cultural relics, if the circumstances are serious.
Extended data
A large amount of theft or multiple thefts constitute a crime. According to the relevant judicial interpretation, a large amount refers to the theft of public or private property worth more than 500 yuan but less than 2,000 yuan; Multiple thefts refer to more than three burglaries in public places within 1 year. As long as it meets one of them, it can constitute this crime.
Theft of public and private property is a large amount, which is the main standard for determining the boundary between theft and non-crime stipulated by criminal law and relevant judicial interpretations, and this standard is applicable in judicial practice.
China People's Congress Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) and China Criminal Law