Funny Law's

[Whitby]

I was just reading some funny US law's. Some actually make sence, but i will show the dumb ones:

1.
LAW: It is illegal to transport a skunk across state lines.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: Tennessee
CITATION: 70-4-208. Unlawful importation of skunks - Penalty.
ACTUAL: (a) It is unlawful for any person to import, possess, or cause to be imported into this state any type of live skunk, or to sell, barter, exchange or otherwise transfer any live skunk, except that the prohibitions of this section shall not apply to bona fide zoological parks and research institutions.

2.
LAW: It is illegal to taunt someone for refusing to participate in a duel.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: West Virginia
CITATION: 61-2-24. Taunting for nonparticipation in duel; penalty.
ACTUAL: If any person post another, or in writing or in print use any reproachful or contemptuous language to or concerning another, for not fighting a duel, or for not sending or accepting a challenge, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than six months, or fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.

3.
LAW: It is illegal to require someone to purchase a horror comic book.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: California
CITATION: Cal Bus & Prof Code 16603 Requiring purchase of horror comic book as condition to sale or consignment of magazine or other publication.
ACTUAL: Every person who, as a condition to a sale or consignment of any magazine, book, or other publication requires that the purchaser or consignee purchase or receive for sale any horror comic book, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($ 1,000), or by both

4.
LAW: A man may not seduce a woman by lying, and claiming he will marry her.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: Mississippi
CITATION: 97-29-55 Seduction of female over age of eighteen by promised or pretended marriage.
ACTUAL: If any person shall obtain carnal knowledge of any woman, or female child, over the age of eighteen years, of previous chaste character, by virtue of any feigned or pretended marriage or any false or feigned promise of marriage, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years; but the testimony of the female seduced, alone, shall not be sufficient to warrant a conviction.

5.
LAW: One must not collect seaweed.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: New Hampshire
CITATION: TITLE XVIII
FISH AND GAME
CHAPTER 207
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO FISH AND GAME
Collecting Seaweed
Section 207:48
ACTUAL: In Night: If any person shall carry away or collect for the purpose of carrying away any seaweed or rockweed from the seashore below high-water mark, between daylight in the evening and daylight in the morning, he shall be guilty of a violation.


6.
LAW: It is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a murder.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: New Jersey
CITATION: 2C:39-13 Unlawful use of body vests.
ACTUAL: A person is guilty of a crime if he uses or wears a body vest while engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit murder, manslaughter, robbery, sexual assault, burglary, kidnapping, criminal escape or assault under N.J.S.2C:12-1b. Use or wearing a body vest while engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit a crime of the first degree is a crime of the second degree. Otherwise it is a crime of the third degree.

7.
LAW: Unless a customer orders it specifically, it's against the law to serve margarine instead of butter at a restaurant.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: Wisconsin
CITATION: 97.18(4)
ACTUAL: (4) The serving of colored oleomargarine or margarine at a public eating place as a substitute for table butter is prohibited unless it is ordered by the customer.



My favourate is #6, thats like saying Murder is legal if you dont use a bullet proof vest.

Anyone know any more funny ones?

[Newbie]

LOL

Isn't there one about how you can't beat your wife with a leather strap any larger than 2 in a half inches in California?

[Darwin]

The margerine one makes sense.  Isnt it like... a close cousin to plastic?  And doesnt it raise the risk of cancer?

[Whitby]

The margerine one makes sense.  Isnt it like... a close cousin to plastic?  And doesnt it raise the risk of cancer?

we found out my neighbours cat and liver cancer today, It lost 10 pounds in less than a week, it used to way 20 pounds. I was there when it got put down, as soon as the woman vet put the needle in: the vain burst and it bruised soo quickly.

Then when she had to put it in the other leg it worked find and its toung stuck out, that bit was kinda funny, sept my girlfriend was balling her eyes out.

Least the tounge bit was funny.

[Darwin]

Thats a little strange...

Uhh, anybody ever dream of becoming a psychologist when they were young?  lol

[Whitby]

Thats a little strange...

Uhh, anybody ever dream of becoming a psychologist when they were young?  lol

what do you mean?

[Silvanoshei]

http://www.dumblaws.com/

[UnderGod]

Margarine is probably one the the worst things you could consume aside from sugar.

And I have one to top all of that..

Right here where I live

It is illegal to publicly commit suicide.

Penalty:$600 fine and 60 days in jail.

[Lidge Farkley]

I think UG's is the only truly stupid one.  The other ones from the first post are in place to either a) prevent the cross-mingling of disease and species b) prevent the destruction of some thing or c) ding you harder on your committed crime so you go to jail longer. ;-)

Sure at first glance they look silly, but at one time or an other these may have been real problems people had to face, and thus law was made.  These days though not many of those apply... except for the margerine and the vest ones ;-)

Ok ok... the horror comic book one is a total joke of a law ;-)

[Bice]

Los Angeles

It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
You may not hunt moths under a street light.
It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
Toads may not be licked.
It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church. Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison.


ROFL those are my fave

[Whitby]

Scotland
You may not fish on Sundays for salmon.
It is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
Trespassing on someone else's land is legal.

[Particle]

These two always come to mind when I think of that stuff.  I don't know if they're true.

Parsons, KS
You may not eat apple pie with ice cream on top on Sunday.

California
Detonating a nuclear device within city limits is a $500 fine.

[Newbie]

Rofl.

Law: It is illegal to urinate on the Alamo.
Country: USA
State: Texas
City: San Antonio

Explanation: The Alamo was the site of a famous battle during the fight for Texas' independence from Mexico. During this battle, the fort was overrun, but not until most men fought until the death to defend it. In a highly publicized incident, Ozzy Osbourne urinated on this famed historical site which infuriated many Texans. He was banned from the site, and a law was passed to prevent such acts from happening again.

[Whitby]

haha he is so bad they had to make a new LAW because of him