§ 5-73 Sale of Box Cutters.
RCNY § 5-73
(a)Definitions. Box cutter. "Box cutter" means any knife consisting of a razor blade, retractable, nonretractable, or detachable in segments, attached to or contained within a plastic or metal housing, including utility knives, snap-off knives, and box cart cutters.
(b)It is an unconscionable practice for any person to engage in the illegal conduct of: (1) selling or offering to sell, or causing any person to sell or offer to sell, a box cutter to any individual under eighteen years of age; or (2) placing box cutters which are being sold or offered for sale on open display so that such implements are accessible to the public without the assistance of the seller, or his or her employee or other agent; provided, however, that the restrictions of this paragraph shall not apply to those box cutters on open display (i) which are clearly and fully visible from a place of payment for goods or services or customer information at which such seller or an employee or other agent of the seller is usually present during hours when the public is invited, or (ii) which are in a package, box or other container provided by the manufacturer, importer or packager that is larger than 41 square inches.
