Here is a list of some bizarre laws still in place in the UK that you may not have known about.
From being drunk in a pub to selling alcohol to someone intoxicated, many people may not have known these are in fact laws. Some of these rules are not relevant to modern life - but the actions are still technically illegal.
And you may question what would have happened for them to become rules in the first place. Carrying a plank of wood down the street, for example, is bound to have an interesting story behind it, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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Being drunk in a pub
Many people are guilty of having a few too many in their local pub, but may not know it is an offence to be drunk. According to Section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872, every person found drunk in a public place is liable for a penalty. It adds: "On any licensed premise."
Selling alcohol to a drunk person
It is also an offence to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk, as under the Licensing Act 2003, the person who sells alcohol to someone who is drunk can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of £90 by the police which can increase to £1,000 if it goes to court.
Sounding your horn
You have have beeped your horn in anger at another driver who has cut you off, but in the UK it is illegal to sound your car horn aggressively, even if another driver acts dangerously. According to the Highway Code, it is also illegal to sound your horn from a stationary vehicle.
Carrying a plank of wood down the street
Within the Metropolitan Police District, excluding the City of London, it is illegal to walk down the streets whilst carrying a plank of wood as well as poles, ladders and placards. The ban extends to casks, tubs, hoops, wheels, ladders, poles and placards.
And if you thought you would get around the rule by rolling your tub along, that's banned too. The law is in place to prevent nuisance and increase ease of passage on public thoroughfares.
Singing Happy Birthday
Despite being sung by billions of people around the world, ‘Happy Birthday’ is actually under copyright if used for commercial purposes – this is why staff in restaurants often sing an alternative, just in case Warner/Chappell, which own the rights to the song, are listening.
Boys aren't allowed to see a naked mannequin
In Scotland, boys who are under the age of 10 could be breaking the law if they spot a naked mannequin while out shopping. This law carries over from the classic relics from the old "decency laws," a time when Britain tried to prevent "corrupting" minds of the youth.
Setting an alarm without leaving a key nearby
It is an offence under a provision of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 to leave your property with a burglar alarm activated, unless you have named a “key-holder” responsible for shutting it off if you are away.
Drunkenly looking after cows
It is illegal to be drunk while tending to cows in the UK. Sub-section 3 of section 54 in the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 covers any ‘mischief, misbehaviour and negligence’ in driving a herd of cattle through town.
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