15 USC § 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty

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title: "15 USC § 1242 - Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1242"
section_name: "Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–623, § 2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–623, § 2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)

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