Provisions on theft penalties in the Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China

According to Article 33 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishments": Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days:

(1) Stealing or damaging oil and gas pipeline facilities, electric power and telecommunications facilities, radio and television facilities, water conservancy and flood control engineering facilities, or public facilities such as hydrological monitoring, surveying, meteorological forecasting, environmental monitoring, geological monitoring, and earthquake monitoring; ".. ...."

Article 34:

Anyone who steals, damages or moves aviation facilities in use without authorization, or forcibly enters the aircraft cockpit shall be punished with a sentence of not less than 10 days and 15 days Detained for less than 1 day. Anyone who uses instruments or tools that may affect the normal function of the navigation system on an aircraft in use and refuses to listen to dissuasion shall be detained for not more than 5 days or fined not more than 500 yuan.

Article 35:

Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be fined not more than 500 yuan. Detention of not more than 5 days or fine of not more than 500 yuan:

(1) Stealing, damaging or moving railway facilities, equipment, rolling stock accessories or safety signs without authorization; "..."

Article 37:

Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not more than 5 days or fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days, and may be combined A fine of not more than 500 yuan will be imposed:

"..." (3) Stealing or damaging road manhole covers, lighting and other public facilities.

Article 49 Anyone who steals, defrauds, robs, snatches, extorts or intentionally damages public or private property shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan; if the circumstances are serious, , shall be detained for not less than ten days but not more than fifteen days, and may also be fined not more than one thousand yuan.

Extended information:

Sentencing standards:

(1) Individuals who steal public and private property "in a relatively large amount", starting from one thousand to three thousand yuan. The offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or solely be fined.

(2) The amount of personal theft of public and private property is "huge", starting from 30,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan. shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined.

(3) The amount of personal theft of public and private property is "especially huge", starting from 300,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan. shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated.

The Higher People's Courts and People's Procuratorates of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government may, based on the economic development status of the region and the social security situation, refer to the above amounts, determine the amount standard to be implemented in the region, and report it to the Supreme People's Court. The court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate will file the case.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Theft