You probably know that topless bathing is illegal, but how about leaving a ladder outside? From pigeons to grass cutting, as he trawled through the Criminal Code, Kurt Sansone discovered some interesting things you may not have known you couldn’t do.
Never mind that it sounds like a stupid idea, but leaving a ladder out on the street is illegal, according to the law.
Well, to be exact, it is not just leaving a ladder on the sidewalk that could land you in trouble but any “iron bar, weapon or other instrument” which might be improperly used by “thieves or other wrong-doers”.
So the next time you paint the facade, just be doubly sure the ladder is back inside, out of the public’s reach, lest you be accused of a crime against public order.
This is one of a list of ‘don’t dos’ listed in the Criminal Code in an attempt to preserve public order and safeguard private and public property.
Skimming through the list throws up the legal basis for the ban on topless bathing, which is not limited to popular beaches. It is unlawful for anyone “to go naked or be indecently dressed” in “the harbours, on the seashore or in any other public place”.
Lawyers argue that ignorance of the law is no...
