Section 20810 Of Article 6. Undetectable Knife From California Penal Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 6.
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. (a) Any person in this state who commercially manufactures
or causes to be commercially manufactured, or who knowingly imports
into the state for commercial sale, or who knowingly exports out of
this state for commercial, dealer, wholesaler, or distributor sale,
or who keeps for commercial sale, or offers or exposes for
commercial, dealer, wholesaler, or distributor sale, any undetectable
knife is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing January
1, 2000, all knives or other instrument with or without a handguard
that is capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon that may inflict
great bodily injury or death that are commercially manufactured in
this state that utilize materials that are not detectable by a metal
detector or magnetometer, shall be manufactured to include materials
that will ensure they are detectable by a metal detector or
magnetometer, either handheld or otherwise, that is set at standard
calibration.