Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

15 U.S.C. § 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, § 272 Stat. 562 (, , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 6 of Pub. L. 85–623section 1241 of this titleSection effective on the sixtieth day after , see , set out as a note under .