TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 11. Offenses Against Public Order and Safety, 16-11-1 through 16-11-224.

ARTICLE 4 DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES

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

1. 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.
2. 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.

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