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2002 U.S. Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 29 - MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES
Sec. 1244 - Exceptions

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 29 - MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES
Sec. 1244 - Exceptions
Containssection 1244
Date2002
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 6, 2003
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 85-623, §4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.
Statutes at Large Reference72 Stat. 562
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 85-623


§1244. Exceptions

Sections 1242 and 1243 of this title shall not apply to—

(1) any common carrier or contract carrier, with respect to any switchblade knife shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce in the ordinary course of business;

(2) the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, possession, or introduction into interstate commerce, of switchblade knives pursuant to contract with the Armed Forces;

(3) the Armed Forces or any member or employee thereof acting in the performance of his duty; or

(4) the possession, and transportation upon his person, of any switchblade knife with a blade three inches or less in length by any individual who has only one arm.

(Pub. L. 85–623, §4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1245 of this title.

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