各国于1899年签署了海牙国际公约,其中《禁用入身变形枪弹的声明》规定,各国军队都不得在国与国交战时使用这型弹头。其宣言如下: “缔约国同意放弃使用容易在人体中扩张或扁平的弹头,例如像是外面坚硬的包覆层没有完全包住弹体、或是有割痕的弹头。本声明仅在两个或多个缔约国之间的战争行为中生效。” (The Contracting Parties agree to abstain from the use of bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core, or is pierced with incisions. The present Declaration is only binding for the Contracting Powers in the case of a war between two or more of them.)