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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES (§§ 16-1-1 — 16-17-10)
Chapter 11 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY (§§ 16-11-1 — 16-11-224)
Article 4 - DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES (§§ 16-11-100 — 16-11-174)
Part 3 - CARRYING AND POSSESSION OF FIREARMS (§§ 16-11-126 — 16-11-138)
Section 16-11-136 - Restrictions on possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of knives

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GA Code § 16-11-136 (2024)
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  • (a) As used in this Code section, the term:
    • (1) "Courthouse" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.
    • (2) "Government building" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.
    • (3) "Knife" means any cutting instrument with a blade and shall include, without limitation, a knife as such term is defined in Code Section 16-11-125.1.
  • (b) Except for restrictions in courthouses and government buildings, no county, municipality, or consolidated government shall, by rule or ordinance, constrain the possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of a knife more restrictively than the provisions of this part.

Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 753,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2012.

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