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Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 29 - Manufacture, Transportation, or Distribution of Switchblade Knives
Sec. 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty
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15 U.S.C. § 1242 (2021) |
§1242. Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty |
Whoever knowingly introduces, or manufactures for introduction, into interstate commerce, or transports or distributes in interstate commerce, any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. |
(Pub. L. 85–623, §2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.) |
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on the sixtieth day after Aug. 12, 1958, see section 6 of Pub. L. 85–623, set out as a note under section 1241 of this title. |
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Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 29 - MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES Sec. 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty |
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72 Stat. 562 |
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