If you cannot get to a urinal in time, it's perfectly legal to urinate on your vehicle's rear left tyre! Be careful if you enjoy cleaning and live in Melbourne! It's illegal to use your vacuum between 10pm and 9am at weekends and 10pm and 7am during the week. Kids are not allowed to buy cigarettes of course.
It's illegal to let your chickens cross the road in Quitman, Georgia. Simply put, the law wants owners to have their chickens under control at all times.
It is illegal to dress up as Batman and Robin in Australia. Dressing up as the dynamic duo is the same as dressing up as police officers', as the pair is integral to law enforcement.
Carrying more than 50kg of potatoes in WA
Potato Inspectors have the right to demand the name and address of anyone in possession of what appears to be more than 50kgs of potatoes, and can seize them as evidence. The fine is $2,000 for your first offence, or $5,000 for your second offence.
Under the Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946, it was illegal for anyone to sell, purchase, take delivery of and deliver more than 50kg of everybody's favourite tuber. Those provisions included carrying that amount in your vehicle unless you were a member of the Potato Corporation or an authorised agent of said Corporation.
In Victoria, Australia, it is illegal to wear pink pants after noon on Sundays. It is FALSE. Although it was widely reported online, legal experts say this law probably doesn't exist.
Be careful if you enjoy cleaning and live in Melbourne! It's illegal to use your vacuum between 10pm and 9am at weekends and 10pm and 7am during the week. Kids are not allowed to buy cigarettes of course. However, there is no law that specifically states that they're unable to smoke them!
The act of begging constitutes a criminal offence in most Australian States and Territories including Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory with penalties ranging from a fine of $50 to two years' imprisonment.
Under the Australia Privacy Act, you only need to obtain consent if you are collecting sensitive personal information such as data related to health, race, criminal record or sexual orientation.
'Illegal and restricted online content' refers to online content that ranges from the most seriously harmful material, such as images and videos showing the sexual abuse of children or acts of terrorism, through to content which should not be accessed by children, such as simulated sexual activity, detailed nudity or ...
Public Life. Halloween is not a nationwide public holiday in Australia.
“It is important to remember that dressing as a clown isn't against the law, however should a person engage in activity that is criminal, anti-social or threatening towards other people Police will investigate,” Western Australia Police said in a statement.
China prohibits naming children strange names. This law is strange as one would expect that the choice of a baby's name depends on the parents as they are the ones who gave birth. In China, it is quite different as the government does not allow naming a child a name that sounds weird.
It is illegal to not drink milk
On the subject of what you can and can't drink in Utah, it seems that the state is not the friendliest for those who are lactose intolerant. In the state, it is illegal to not drink milk, which leads one to wonder if Utah's dairy farmers had something to do with state lawmaking.
This fact sheet introduces the different types of law that govern Australia – statute law made by parliament, delegated law made by government and common law made by courts.
Non-legal rules are rules of conduct or organisation that are enforced by things such as peer pressure, a need for co-operation, feelings of goodwill, or convenience. Establishment of Commonwealth of Australia Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901.
Is being homeless a crime? First, being homeless is not a criminal offence anywhere in Australia. If such a law were passed it would breach multiple long-standing legal principles. It would also breach various domestic and international charters and covenants on citizenship as well as human and civil rights.
Anyone who deliberately gives false (untrue) evidence for a judicial proceeding is guilty of a crime called perjury.
PENALTIES. Public Mischief of “making a false statement” to the police is recognised as a summary offence in the Legislation. A conviction against this charge in the Local court attracts a maximum penalty of 12 months of imprisonment and/or a fine of $5,500.
This is one of the most publicised weird Australian laws, with many websites claiming that it is illegal to wear hot pink pants on a Sunday afternoon in Victoria. However, there is nothing mentioned in old or new legislation that supports this. Therefore, this one is fiction!
Because private activity cannot occur in a public place for the purposes of the Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA), there are no general restrictions on the taking of photo or film in a public place or from a public place.
Meaning: Aussies have taken the vacuum cleaner brand name 'Hoover' and turned it into a verb to mean to vacuum the carpet/floor. For example: ' I hoovered the carpet this morning. '