§ 1244. Exceptions

Statutory text

Sections 1242 and 1243 of this title shall not apply to—

any common carrier or contract carrier, with respect to any switchblade knife shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce in the ordinary course of business;

the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, possession, or introduction into interstate commerce, of switchblade knives pursuant to contract with the Armed Forces;

the Armed Forces or any member or employee thereof acting in the performance of his duty;

the possession, and transportation upon his person, of any switchblade knife with a blade three inches or less in length by any individual who has only one arm; or

a knife that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure of the blade and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure to assist in opening the knife.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1958
Pub. L. 85–623 § 4 · 72 Stat. 562
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1244
Pub. L. 85–623, § 4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–623, § 4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall not apply to— Exceptions. (1) any common carrier or contract carrier, with respect to any switchblade knife shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce in the ordinary course of business; (2) the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, possession, or introduction into interstate commerce, of switchblade knives pursuant to contract with the Armed Forces; (3) the Armed Forces or any member or employee thereof acting in the performance of his duty; or (4) the possession, and transportation upon his person, of any switchblade knife with a blade three inches or less in length by any individual who has only one arm.
2009
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
Pub. L. 111–83 title V § 562 · 123 Stat. 2142
Added · 15 U.S.C. § 1244(5)
Pub. L. 111–83 added par. (5)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (5). Pub. L. 111–83 added par. (5).
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 562. Section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into interstate commerce of switchblade knives, and for other purposes” (commonly known as the Federal Switchblade Act) (15 U.S.C. 1244) is amended— (1) by striking “or” at the end of paragraph (3); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting “; or” and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(5) a knife that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure of the blade and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure to assist in opening the knife.” .

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2009—Par. (5). Pub. L. 111–83 added par. (5).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Credits

1958–2009 · 2 acts

1958Pub. L. 85–623, § 4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562
2009Pub. L. 111–83, title V, § 562, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2183.

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(Pub. L. 85–623, § 4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562; Pub. L. 111–83, title V, § 562, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2183.)