15 USC 1243: Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty
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15 USC 1243: Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty Text contains those laws in effect on December 3, 2024
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 29-MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES
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§1243. Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty

Whoever, within any Territory or possession of the United States, within Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18), or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 7 of title 18), manufactures, sells, or possesses any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

( Pub. L. 85–623, §3, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562 .)


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the sixtieth day after Aug. 12, 1958, see section 6 of Pub. L. 85–623, set out as a note under section 1241 of this title.