It's no secret that we can all fall victim to having 'one too many' when visiting a pub - but did you know that it could in fact land you a £200 fine?
Older laws can sometimes render specific actions illegal and unbeknownst to many pub punters, they might find themselves breaking the law by having an extra pint.
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Now it might seem weird considering the main objective of a pub owner is to make money off of people buying a round of drinks, and yet a 150-year-old law makes life difficult.
The 150-year-old law, called Section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872, states: “Every person found drunk on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty” - that means it is against the law to be inebriated (*drunk) in a pub or another public place and you risk a fine of up to £200.
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Luckily, more often than not this won't be enforced - primarily, due to its outdatedness.
In this case, you might not think that a place that encourages people to drink would have a law attached to it that means, in a round and about way: if you drink too much of the alcohol that they're selling, and get drunk, you're breaking the law.
