General Provisions
The right of private defence of property: commences when a reasonable apprehension of danger to the property arises; against theft, continues until the offender retreats with the property, authorities' help is obtained, or the property is recovered; against robbery, continues as long as the offender causes/attempts death, hurt, or wrongful restraint, or such fear continues; against criminal trespass/mischief, continues while the offender continues that offence; and against night house-breaking, continues while the resulting house-trespass continues.
This precisely defines when the right to defend property starts and, crucially, when it must stop - it isn't an open-ended license to use force at any later point, but is tied specifically to the ongoing danger or ongoing commission of the property offence itself.
Once a thief has successfully retreated with stolen property and the immediate threat has passed, this section's defence right against that specific theft ends - it doesn't authorise later retaliatory force after the danger has genuinely concluded.