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[CITE: 15USC1241]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
CHAPTER 29--MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE 
                                 KNIVES
 
Sec. 1241. Definitions

    As used in this chapter--
    (a) 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.
    (b) 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.

(Pub. L. 85-623, Sec. 1, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 85-623, which enacted sections 1241 to 1244 of this 
title and amended section 1716 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal 
Procedure.


                             Effective Date

    Section 6 of Pub. L. 85-623 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
chapter and amending section 1716 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal 
Procedure] shall take effect on the sixtieth day after the date of its 
enactment [Aug. 12, 1958].''


                      Short Title of 1986 Amendment

    Pub. L. 99-570, title X, Sec. 10001, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-
166, provided that: ``This title [enacting section 1245 of this title, 
amending section 1716 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and 
enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1245 of this title] 
may be cited as the `Ballistic Knife Prohibition Act of 1986'.''