Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
Section 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.Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 753,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2012.