A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the
Another law which states it is treason to use a postage stamp upside down was voted second. 74% of Norn Iron Katoliks said they never stuck the Queen’s head only upside down.
The most absurd international law was judged to be in the
Then came a law stating that only a clerk in a tropical fish store has permission to be topless in public in
Other lesser-known laws making the top 10 included one banning eating mince pies on Christmas Day and another stating it is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour.
Almost half of those asked confessed to breaking the mince pie law which was brought in by Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century. It is not known whether the other 49% don’t like mince pies or were merely keeping to the letter of the law!
The Law Society last year revealed other bizarre
a ban on firing a cannon close to a dwelling house (Met Police Act 1839);
banning of driving cattle through
a ban on the use of any slide upon ice or snow (Town Police Clauses Act 1847). 98% of children under 16 are believed guilty of breaking that particular law.
If someone knocks on your door in
The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen.
(isn’t the tail of the Queen the King’s property anyway?)
It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing.
It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour.
It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of
Other bizarre foreign laws voted by those polled included:
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A male doctor in
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It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in
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