Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty

1. Law
2. USC 15
3. Commerce And Trade
4. MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES
5. Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty

§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 .)

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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