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Newest amazing laws
 
 
Frank Cotolo
March 12, 2026
 
New and sometimes unusual laws are added regularly in cities around the world. Here are some of the newest to date that have passed.
 
Hacksaw, Missouri, USA, made sewing in public illegal unless the object is being altered or repaired for medicinal purposes that can be verified and documented by three or more people living in Hacksaw or not.
 
The region known as Trabzon, Turkey, is restricted to only citizens of the country with no recorded virus infections or a signed document by a doctor swearing the visitors have never been brought to trial for wreckless digging of property within the area.
 
In Byblos, Lebanon, members of the clergy may not smoke cigarettes while singing hymns.
 
There is now a stiff fine in the small village of New Torture, G.B. if an inhabitant of any nearby village is recognized as a cobbler and cannot repair footware to standards guaranteed to present comfort and care and precision.
 
Paris, France, officials have refused to allow a name change law to be voted upon by citizens. The refusal is based upon the specific replacement names recommended in the said bill. Those names (here tranlated) include Bile, Charmless, Blessed, Incontinence, Vulture, Lyrical, Destiny and Bedroom.
 
Redlock, California, USA, will not allow the area known as Redlock to exchange names with the area in Arizona known as Dipperswim and hereby prohibits area name changes to be voted upon ever again.
 
In Beddybye, Ohio, every sleeping bag must be fireproof.
 
There will be a penalty of two weeks in jail for visitors of Windup, New Mexico, USA, who remove their own teeth without the expressed permission of a dentist.
 
Tribecca, Tazmania passed a law making it illegal to play any recorded track by The Dave Clark 5 in public. Penalties will be decided by a panel of any ten residents of land owned by Tom Jones.
 
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