2021 US Code
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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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 1242 (2021)
Section Name §1242. Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 85–623, §2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)


Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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. 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty
Contains section 1242
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 72 Stat. 562
Public Law References Public Law 85-623
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