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.

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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.
"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.

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

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[1] "16 odd things that are illegal in Singapore". Retrieved 23 August 2019.

[2] "The world's strangest laws". Daily Telegraph.

[fco-3] Brits caught out by unusual laws and customs, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 August 2013

[4] Lily Hay Newman (20 Oct 2013), Bizarre Regional Laws In the U.S. Are Even Weirder Than You Thought

[5] Alasdair Wilkins (31 Jan 2012), The Eccentric Crank Who Tried To Legislate The Value Of Pi

[BBC-6] "UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'". BBC. 7 November 2007.

[LawCom-7] "Legal Curiosities: Fact or Fable?" (PDF). Law Commission. March 2013.

[8] "The UK's strangest laws that are still enforced". Independent. 8 September 2016.

[9] "Police warn against wearing of camouflage clothing - News". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

[10] "Unusual laws British travellers fall foul of". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

[11] "Barbados travel advice - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

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