Weapons Related Georgia CodeFound In LexisNexis by searching for "16-11-136" or in the TOC under:
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 FIREARMSThe code sections are all Copyright © 2012 by The State of Georgia
O.C.G.A. § 16-11-136
Restrictions on possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of knives (a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) "Courthouse" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.
(2) "Government building" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.
(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.
(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.
HISTORY: Code 1981, § 16-11-136, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1141, § 1/SB 432. |
