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

15 U.S.C. § 1243

Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty

section 1151 of title 18section 7 of title 18Whoever, within any Territory or possession of the United States, within Indian country (as defined in ), or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in ), manufactures, sells, or possesses any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Pub. L. 85–623, § 372 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 .