SECTION IX CRIMES IN ECONOMIC SPHERE CHAPTER 23 CRIMES AGAINST THE PROPERTY Article 177. Theft 177.1. Theft that is secret plunders of another persons property – is punished by the penalty at a rate from hundred up to seven hundred of nominal financial unit, or public works for the term from hundred eighty till two hundred forty hours, or corrective works for the term up to two years, or imprisonment for the term up to two years. 177.2. The same act committed: 177.2.1. on preliminary arrangement by group of persons; 177.2.2. repeatedly; 177.2.3. with illegal penetration into dwelling, a premise, warehouse or other storehouse; 177.2.4. with causing damage in the significant size – is punished by the penalty at a rate from three up to five thousand of nominal financial unit, or imprisonment for the term from three up to seven years with confiscation of property or without it. 177.3. The same act committed: 177.3.1. by organized group; 177.3.2. with causing damage in large size; 177.3.3. by person, who have been sentenced two or more times for plunder or extortion – is punished by imprisonment for the term from six up to twelve years with confiscation of property or without it. NOTE: 1.The responsibility provided by article 177.1 of the present Code, shall be implemented in case of causing to proprietor or other owner of property of damage at a rate from thirty up to thousand nominal financial unit. 2. " The significant size " in articles 177-187 and 189 of the present Code shall be understood as sum at a rate of from one up to seven thousand, and " the large size " – as over seven thousand of nominal financial unit. 3. Repeated shall be admitted commitment of crime again, which is provided by articles 177-185 of the present Code, if it was preceded with commitment of one or more crimes provided by these articles, and also as it is provided in articles 217, 227, 232 and 235 of the present Code. 4. The person, who has been convicted for plunder or extortion, as it shown in articles of the present chapter, and also in other articles of the present Code shall be admitted a person having a previous conviction for one or several crimes, as it is provided in articles 177-183, 217, 227, 232 and 235 of the present Code. 53