2022 Georgia Code :: 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 Poss (2024)

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Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-11-136 (2022)

  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.

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

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2022 Georgia Code :: 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 Poss (2024)
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