15 USC § 1243 - Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty

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title: "15 USC § 1243 - Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1243"
section_name: "Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; 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, § 3, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)"
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# § 1243. Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty

section 1151 of title 18section 7 of title 18

Whoever, 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–623, § 3, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)

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