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Whoever knowingly introduces, or manufactures for introduction, into interstate commerce, or transports or distributes in interstate commerce, any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (Pub. L. 85–623, § 2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective DateSection 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.

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