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2020 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 10. Public Safety and Internal Security
134. Firearms, Ammunition and Dangerous Weapons
134-52 Switchblade knives; prohibitions; penalty.
Universal Citation: HI Rev Stat § 134-52 (2020)
§134-52 Switchblade knives; prohibitions; penalty. (a) Whoever knowingly manufactures, sells, transfers, possesses, or transports in the State any switchblade knife, being 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, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Whoever knowingly possesses or intentionally uses or threatens to use a switchblade knife while engaged in the commission of a crime shall be guilty of a class C felony. [L 1959, c 225, §1; Supp, §264-9; HRS §769-1; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 195, §4]
Case Notes
A butterfly knife is not a switchblade knife. 73 H. 89, 828 P.2d 272.
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