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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 4. DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES · Part 3. CARRYING AND POSSESSION OF FIREARMS

16-11-136. Restrictions on possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of knives.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term:#

    1. (1)

      ‘‘Courthouse’’ shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.#

    2. (2)

      ‘‘Government building’’ shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.#

    3. (3)

      ‘‘Knife’’ means any cutting instrument with a blade and shall include, without limitation, a knife as such term is defined in Code Section 16-11-125.1.#

  2. (b)

    Except for restrictions in courthouses and government buildings, no county, municipality, or consolidated government shall, by rule or ordinance, constrain the possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of a knife more restrictively than the provisions of this part.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 16-11-136, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1141, § 1/SB 432.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, pages 1018 to 1019; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.