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15 U.S.C. § 1243 — Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty

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15 U.S.C. § 1243 — Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty

Whoever, within any Territory or possession of the United States, within Indian country (as defined in [section 1151 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1151&num=0&edition=prelim)), or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in [section 7 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section7&num=0&edition=prelim)), 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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18 U.S.C. § 1151 — Indian country defined

Except as otherwise provided in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, the term “Indian country”, as used in this chapter, means (a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation, (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a state, and (c) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.

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15 U.S.C. § 1241 — Definitions

As used in this chapter— **(a)** The term “interstate commerce” means commerce between any State, Territory, possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof. **(b)** The term “switchblade knife” means any knife having a blade which opens automatically— (1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or (2) by operation of inertia, gravity, or both.

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18 U.S.C. § 7 — Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States defined

The term “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States”, as used in this title, includes: (1) The high seas, any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, and any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, when such vessel is within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State. (2) Any vessel registered, licensed, or enrolled under the laws of the United States, and being on a voyage upon the waters of any of the Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting them, or upon the Saint Lawrence River where the same constitutes the International Boundary Line. (3) Any lands reserved or acquired for the use of the United States, and under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, or any place purchased or otherwise acquired by the United States by consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, or other needful building. (4) Any island, rock, or key containing deposits of guano, which may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States. (5) Any aircraft belonging in whole or in part to the United States, or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory, district, or possession thereof, while such aircraft is in flight over the high seas, or over any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States a

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15 U.S.C. § 1243 — Manufacture, sale, or possession within

Page 1360 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1241 mobile pursuant to section 1232 of this title, or any endorsement thereon, prior to the time that such automobile is delivered to the actual cus- tody and possession of the ultimate purchaser of such new automobile, except where the manu- facturer relabels the automobile in the event the same is rerouted, repurchased, or reacquired by the manufacturer of such automobile, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Such removal, al- teration, or rendering illegible with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate of- fense. (Pub. L. 85–506, § 4, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 326.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on the later of Oct. 1, 1958, or the first day of the introduction of any new model of auto- mobile in any line of automobile beginning after July 7, 1958, see section 5 of Pub. L. 85–506, set out as a note under section 1231 of this title. CHAPTER 29—MANUFACTURE, TRANSPOR- TATION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SWITCH- BLADE KNIVES Sec. 1241. Definitions. 1242. Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty. 1243. Manufacture, sale, or possession within spe- cific jurisdictions; penalty. 1244. Exceptions. 1245. Ballistic knives. § 1241. Definitions As used in this chapter— (a) The term ‘‘interstate commerce’’ means commerce between any State, Territory, posses- sion of the United States, or the District of Co- lumbia, and any place outside thereof. (b) The term ‘‘switchblade knife’’ means any knife having a blade which opens automati- cally— (1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or (2) by operation of ine

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