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LegalText 15 U.S.C. § 1244 Exceptions us united_states_code code_section 15 COMMERCE AND TRADE 29 MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE KNIVES 1244 15 U.S.C. § 1244 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip /us/usc/t15/s1244 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-15/usc15.xml aaec049f04a4cd049bdbbcde2024ce728231039d0b416ea14d4c65b71ba52bcc 6982338d990ef19d6b52bff6825089bdd6d0ee1233d9382673faf533decd5059 873af7397148323c7d13ee90ff78c6cfb23bee2dc82d8cf34f69e847c04f446c 2026-07-04 official
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15 U.S.C. § 1244 - Exceptions

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

(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;

(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; or

(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.

(Pub. L. 85623, § 4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562; Pub. L. 11183, title V, § 562, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2183.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments2009—Par. (5). Pub. L. 11183 added par. (5).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective on the sixtieth day after Aug. 12, 1958, see section 6 of Pub. L. 85623, set out as a note under section 1241 of this title.