Article 328

A person who takes property belonging to another, with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it is guilty of theft or property, punishable in the following order of graduation:

an offence under this Article for an amount not exceeding 100 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 2 petty serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months, or a fine of 5,001 – 20,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 1,000 Nakfas;

an offence under this Article for an amount between 101 and 2,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished Class 1 petty serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months, or a fine of 20,001 – 50,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 2,500 Nakfas;

an offence under this Article for an amount between 2,001 and 10,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years;

an offence under this Article for an amount between 10,001 and 100,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years;

an offence under this Article for an amount between 100,001 and 1,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 years;

an offence under this Article for an amount between 1,000,001 and 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 6 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years and not more than 10 years;

an offence under this Article for an amount exceeding 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 5 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more than 13 years.

Theft by a relative may only be prosecuted upon the preferring of charges by the victim.

The absence of a charge against a relative shall not act as a bar to proceedings against secondary participants who are not relatives.