Provides that the possession of any disguised knife shall be a class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree; defines the term "disguised knife".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6921
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 27, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the possession of
disguised knives
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 26 to read as follows:
3 26. "Disguised knife" means any knife which is designed to appear as
4 an object other than a knife, such as a comb, writing instrument, ciga-
5 rette lighter or other object commonly carried on the person, and which
6 includes a blade concealed within such object.
7 § 2. Subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 of section 265.01 of the penal law, as
8 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new subdivi-
9 sion 9 is added to read as follows:
10 (6) He or she is a person who has been certified not suitable to
11 possess a rifle or shotgun, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section
12 265.00, and refuses to yield possession of such rifle or shotgun upon
13 the demand of a police officer. Whenever a person is certified not suit-
14 able to possess a rifle or shotgun, a member of the police department to
15 which such certification is made, or of the state police, shall forth-
16 with seize any rifle or shotgun possessed by such person. A rifle or
17 shotgun seized as herein provided shall not be destroyed, but shall be
18 delivered to the headquarters of such police department, or state
19 police, and there retained until the aforesaid certificate has been
20 rescinded by the director or physician in charge, or other disposition
21 of such rifle or shotgun has been ordered or authorized by a court of
22 competent jurisdiction[.]; or
23 (7) He or she knowingly possesses a bullet containing an explosive
24 substance designed to detonate upon impact[.]; or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (8) He or she possesses any armor piercing ammunition with intent to
2 use the same unlawfully against another[.]; or
3 (9) He or she possesses any disguised knife.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
5 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
