Unusual Laws Worldwide

[eve1974]

In South Africa it’s illegal for a Man to drive topless but not for a woman.

In England it’s illegal to wear a suit of armour to parliament.

Any that you know of or better yet ….. any you think should exist

[DTCwordfan]

Some Texan ones here:

In Houston, it is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on a Sunday.
In Texas, you must give oral or written notice 24 hours in advance of robbing someone.
If you sit on a sidewalk in Galveston, you could be fined $500.
It is illegal to shoot a buffalo from the UK first floor of a hotel.
It's against the law to milk your neighbour's cow.

[DTCwordfan]

In the Isle of Man, it is legal for a Manx citizen to murder someone with the name of Campbell.

This happened and a local lawyer got the local off (Scot free perhaps?) as the Campbells used to come over for R&R and not rest and relaxation and knocking them off was de rigeur for the locals....as the lawyer discovered, the law had never been repealed.

[Buenchico]

In London, it's illegal to carry a ladder or plank in the street.
[s.54, Metropolitan Police Act 1839]

It's also illegal "in any thoroughfare [to] burn, dress, or cleanse any cork, or hoop, cleanse, fire, wash, or scald any cask or tub, or hew, saw, bore, or cut any timber or stone, or slack, sift, or screen any lime" or to "beat or shake any carpet, rug, or mat (except door mats before the hour of eight in the morning)
[s.60, ibid]

[DTCwordfan]

the UK first floor should be UK 1st floor equivalent what the colonials call the second story.

[THECORBYLOON]

"It is illegal to shoot a buffalo from the UK first floor of a hotel."

How many buffalo are there wandering by hotels in the UK?

[DTCwordfan]

hence my clarification, TC

[THECORBYLOON]

"In the Isle of Man, it is legal for a Manx citizen to murder someone with the name of Campbell"

Do you have a link or evidence of that?

[DTCwordfan]

believe that it is written up in this tome.... Amazon.com User Recommendation

[ichkeria]

“ How many buffalo are there wandering by hotels in the UK?”

Not many: it’s time Priti Patel stopped worrying about immigrants and enforced the law closer to home.
You may laugh, but first they came for the buffalos …

[zylaphone]

In Denmark, if a person finds a lost child, they can claim the child as their own if a parent does not turn up within 2 hours.

[LadyCG]

In Alabama it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.

[Smowball]

God some of these are odd lol!

[Chipchopper]

I believe that in Switzerland, it's illegal to slam a car door.

[DTCwordfan]

In China rescuing a drowning person is not allowed as it would be interfering with their fate.

[LadyCG]

I'm sure I read somewhere that in London it is illegal to have sex on a parked motorcycle.

In one of the American states it is illegal to wear patent shoes on a Sunday … Utah maybe?

[DTCwordfan]

LCG - That must be the case in Cock Lane, EC1.

Ohio as to the shoes - and it's also illegal to fish for whales on a Sunday in that state.