§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, §4, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 562 .)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1245 of this title.