§ 1244. — Exceptions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1244]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 29--MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCHBLADE
KNIVES
Sec. 1244. Exceptions
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; 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.
(Pub. L. 85-623, Sec. 4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1245 of this title.
