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15 U.S.C. § 1244 — Exceptions

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-623 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 154 words · no verdicts yet

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The switchblade-knife rules in sections 1242 and 1243 do not apply to the listed carriers, military-related activities, one-armed individuals meeting the blade limit, or certain knives biased toward closing.

The rules in sections 1242 and 1243 do not apply to: (1) a common carrier or contract carrier handling a switchblade knife shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce in the ordinary course of business; (2) making, selling, transporting, distributing, possessing, or introducing a switchblade knife into interstate commerce under a contract with the Armed Forces; (3) the Armed Forces or a member or employee acting in official duties; (4) an individual with only one arm who possesses and carries on their person a switchblade knife with a blade no longer than three inches; or (5) a knife with a spring, detent, or other mechanism that biases the blade toward closing and requires hand, wrist, or arm force applied to the blade to overcome that bias and help open the knife.
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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;

(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; or

(5)

a knife that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure of the blade and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure to assist in opening the knife.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–623, § 4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562; Pub. L. 111–83, title V, § 562, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2183.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-623 · 72 Stat. 562
  • 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-83 · 123 Stat. 2183

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 85-623 on 1958-08-12.

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