(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who steals from another person is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) If because of a previous conviction either summarily or on indictment, for a similar offence, or for any other cause the magistrate is of opinion that a summary charge under this section ought to be tried as an indictable offence he or she may deal with it as such.
(3) Property is stolen from a person if it is stolen from the body, clothes, or immediate presence of a person.