Dumb Laws in Australia

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Only licensed electricians may change a light bulb.

It is illegal to wear hot pink pants after midday Sunday.

A life sentence is 25 years. (Repealed)

You must have a neck to knee swimsuit in order to swim at Brighton Beach.

Children may not purchase cigarettes, but they may smoke them.

Until the Port Arthur Killings it was legal to own an AK-47 but not legal to be gay.

You may never leave your car keys in an unattended vehicle.

It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a cat burgular.

It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.

Under Australian Communications Authority (ACA) regulations, a modem can’t pick up on the first ring.

Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.

Bars are required to stable, water and feed the horses of their patrons.

The legal age for straight sex is 16, unless the person is in the care/custody of the older person, in which case it is 18.

Lawmakers are proposing a new law that will not allow anyone to come closer than 100 meters from a dead whale’s carcass.

The possession of a knife is illegal and punishable by a $10,000 fine.

It is illegal to “seed or nucleate clouds by artificial means from a manned aircraft” to make it rain. (Rain making Control Act 1966)

Having an article of disguise without a lawful excuse is illegal. (Vagrancy Act 1966)

If you are to advertise a reward for the finding of a certain lost object, you must state no questions will be asked. (Crimes Act 1958)

If you can be heard by someone while singing an obscene song, you’ll be in trouble. (Summary Offences Act 1966)

You may not fly kites or play games in public that annoy other people. (Summary Offences Act 1966)

Being near or in a house that is regularly used by thieves can get you arrested. (Vagrancy Act 1966)

You may not trade with Pirates. (Crimes Act 1958)

Its an offence to drive a dog or goat harnessed or attached to a vehicle in a public place. (Summary Offences Act 1966)

It is illegal to read someone’s tarot, or give them a psychic reading as these are forms of witchcraft (Repealed, 2005)

People may not come within 100 meters of a dead whale carcass.

Minors may smoke but not buy cigars.

It is illegal to wear sexy pink pants after midday on a Sunday.

Under Australian Communications Authority (ACA) regulations, a modem can”t pick up on the first ring. If it does the, ACA permit for your modem is invalid and there”s a $12,000 fine. -Telecommunications Act 1991.

Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.

It is against the law to throw a bag containing both cats and dogs into Parramatta River. But it is okay to throw a bag of cats or a bag of dogs.

It is against the law to ask any person if their father was a criminal.

It is illegal to force a kangaroo to drink more than 6 bottles of beer

It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a cat burglar.

No man under 4 ft 8 inches tall is allowed to surf on Klondike Beach (due to the size of the waves.)

A life sentence in prison is 200 years.

Bars are required to stable, water and feed the horses of their patrons.

Children may not purchase cigarettes, condoms or alcohol, but they may use them. (Not all at once surely!!)

Gold Coast: It is illagel for a woman to wear a bikini which uses more than 6 square inches of material.

It is illegal to dress up as Batman or Robin.

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