There are loads of these and most are covered by the implied repeal case.
Some are still enforced though despite their age and have never been superseded by a newer act.
1872 Licensing Act, which states: “It is Illegal to be drunk in the pub.”The legislation adds: “Every person found drunk… on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty”. Still enforced but only to deal with excessive public drunkenness.
All beached whales and sturgeons must be offered to the Reigning Monarch. This is a 1322 law and was last used in 2004 when a fisherman caught a Sturgeon.
It is illegal to carry a plank along a pavement (as well as any ladder, wheel, pole, cask, placard, showboard, or hoop) in the Metropolitan Police District
MPs are not allowed to wear armour in Parliament
It is an offence to be drunk and in charge of cattle in England and Wales
It is illegal to jump the queue in the Tube ticket hall
It is illegal to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances
It is illegal to drive to Church on a Sunday and the penalty is to have your car impounded. (Nobody enforces this nowadays but could do)
One that definitely doesnt exist anymore is that its legal to urinate in a policeman’s helmet if you are pregnant. That went some time ago.
I love stuff like this.
