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United States Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
Chapter 29 - MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES
Section 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty

15 U.S.C. § 1242

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Current through P.L. 118-59 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/07/2024)
Section 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty

Whoever knowingly introduces, or manufactures for introduction, into interstate commerce, or transports or distributes in interstate commerce, any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

15 U.S.C. § 1242

Pub. L. 85-623, §2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATESection 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.

interstate commerce
The term "interstate commerce" means commerce between any State, Territory, possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof.
switchblade knife
The term "switchblade knife" means any knife having a blade which opens automatically-(1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or(2) by operation of inertia, gravity, or both.