List of strange laws
This is a list of unusual laws, also known as dumb laws — decrees, ordinances, statutes and regulations which have been considered bizarre, curious, odd or otherwise unusual.
List
- Chewing gum ban in Singapore[1][2][3]
- Indiana Pi Bill — in 1897 the Indiana General Assembly considered legislating mathematics.[4][5]
- Prohibition of death — Laws prohibited death, typically in certain buildings and areas
- Wearing armour in Parliament.[6][7]
- Salmon Act 1986, Section 32: "Handling Salmon in Suspicious Circumstances"[8][7]
- In Jamaica,[9] Saudi Arabia[10] and Barbados[11] it is illegal to dress in camouflage clothing.
References
- ^ "16 odd things that are illegal in Singapore". Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "The world's strangest laws". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Brits caught out by unusual laws and customs, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 August 2013
- ^ Lily Hay Newman (20 Oct 2013), Bizarre Regional Laws In the U.S. Are Even Weirder Than You Thought
- ^ Alasdair Wilkins (31 Jan 2012), The Eccentric Crank Who Tried To Legislate The Value Of Pi
- ^ "UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'". BBC. 7 November 2007.
- ^ a b "Legal Curiosities: Fact or Fable?" (PDF). Law Commission. March 2013.
- ^ "The UK's strangest laws that are still enforced". Independent. 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Police warn against wearing of camouflage clothing - News". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Unusual laws British travellers fall foul of". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Barbados travel advice - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
Further reading
- Nathan Belofsky (2010), The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities, ISBN 9781101188965
- Susan Dach (1993), Donkeys Can't Sleep in Bathtubs and other crazy laws, ISBN 9780893752644
- Legal Curiosities: Fact or Fable? (PDF), Law Commission, 2013, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-29
- Nigel Cawthorne (2013), The Strange Laws of Old England, ISBN 9780749954154
- K. R. Hobbie; Ted LeValliant; Marcel Theroux (2004), Wacky Laws, Weird Decisions, & Strange Statutes, ISBN 9781402716706
- Jeff Koon; Andy Powell (2002), You May Not Tie an Alligator to a Fire Hydrant, ISBN 9780743230650
- Seuling, Barbara (1975), You can't eat peanuts in church and other little-known laws. (1st ed.), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, ISBN 9780385013932