US Code / 2018 US Code / Title 15. Commerce and Trade / Chapter 29. Manufacture, Transportation, or Distribution of Switchblade Knives / 15 U.S. Code §1242. Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty

15 U.S. Code §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.

Editorial Notes

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.

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1242 (2018)