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If a thief takes something that belongs to another person without establishing contact with him, he commits theft. If there is contact with the victim, violence or threat, it is theft – assault is a term that does not exist in law, but is equivalent to theft.
When someone enters an empty house without the owners being inside and takes valuables, it is considered theft. Theft, in turn, would happen if the thief broke into the house, found the residents and threatened them to take their goods. For Justice, since it involves violence against someone, theft, described in Article 157 of the Penal Code, is a much more serious crime than theft. For this reason, anyone caught stealing can face between four and ten years in prison.
According to Article 155 of the same Code, the penalty for stealing is from one to four years in jail. In time: in addition to theft and theft, there is, in criminal law, a third illegal way of taking possession of something that does not belong to you. It’s called misappropriation, which happens when you lend something to someone who refuses to return it.