Imagine getting in trouble for having a refrigerator that was too big, or objecting at a wedding? That is, in fact, possible in South Australia.
While we all know stealing or assaulting someone can land us in trouble with the police, there are also some peculiar and rather funny laws many South Aussies did not know were enforceable.
But why do some of these laws exist? Deputy Director of the South Australian Law Reform Institute David Plater says these rather specific laws exist because a related event actually happened.
"These laws appear obscure or outdated now but some of these laws go back to the 1800s." he said.