2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 29 - MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES (§§ 1241 - 1245)
Section 1243 - Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 29 - MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES Sec. 1243 - Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty |
| Contains | section 1243 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 85-623, §3, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 72 Stat. 562 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 85-623 |
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Whoever, within any Territory or possession of the United States, within Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18), or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 7 of title 18), manufactures, sells, or possesses any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(Pub. L. 85–623, §3, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)
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