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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 4. DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
16-11-101. Furnishing knuckles or a knife to person under the age of 18 years.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature when he or she knowingly sells to or furnishes to a person under the age of 18 years knuckles, whether made from metal, thermoplastic, wood, or other similar material, or a knife designed for the purpose of offense and defense.
History
Ga. L. 1876, p. 112, § 1; Code 1882, § 4540b; Penal Code 1895, § 344; Penal Code 1910, § 350; Code 1933, § 26-5108; Code 1933, § 26-2905, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1012, § 11; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 16; Ga. L. 2008, p. 533, § 3/SB 366; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 16/SB 46.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 1994, p. 1012, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety and Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1994’’. Ga. L. 1994, p. 1012, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, sets forth legislative findings and determinations for the ‘‘School Safety and Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1994’’. Ga. L. 1994, p. 1012, § 29, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
Law reviews
For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).
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