34 Outdated Laws from Around the World
OUTDATED LAWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD DUBAI ISRAEL No Eating During Ramadan Illegal To Legal In 5 Years Pork Isn't Kosher Raising a pig on Israeli soil will result in the murder of said pig. During the period of Ramadan, you are If you have been maintaining an illegal radio station for five or more years, the forbidden from eating during the day and if ignored can lead to you getting a station becomes legal. warning, then jail. CHINA JAPAN No Stopping At Pedestrian Crossings Look - A Russian's Approaching! Wear Your Layers Women are legally obliged to wear bras in buildings with air conditioning. Drivers of power-driven vehicles who Before falling under Russian rule, laws stop at pedestrian crossings are liable to in Iman included the death penalty for a fine of up to five yuan, or a warning. anyone failing to announce the This explains a lot! approach of a Russian. (: SINGAPORE Oral Sex For Foreplay Only If It's Yellow, It Must Be Butter! No Dragging Dead Horses Oral sex is illegal unless it is used as a Margarine producers can't make their You aren't allowed to drag a dead form of foreplay. I wonder how they margarine yellow. Quebec was the last horse down Toronto's Yonge Street on expected to enforce this one! jurisdiction in North America to force a Sunday. margarine producers to ensure that their product could not be confused with butter. BELGIUM AUSTRALIA Whose Right Of Way? Pillows Are Weapons Only Electricians Can Change A Bulb A driver who needs to turn through A pillow is classified as a 'passive Only licensed electricians may change oncoming traffic has the right of way weapon' and hitting someone with one a light bulb. unless he slows down or stops. can lead to a charge of assault. FRANCE ITALY Don't Address Your Pig As 'Napoleon' Punishment For Punching Even The Haters Smile In Milan, there's an old law that Striking someone with a fist is considered a felony. A 'felony' generally It's illegal for an individual to name their requires people to constantly smile while in public places. Those exempt pig Napoleon out of respect for Napoleon Bonaparte. refers to a serious crime, such as attacking someone with a weapon. from being fined are hospital workers and those attending funerals. E GREAT BRITAIN No Armour in Parliament Embargoing Polish Potatoes No Suspicious Salmon Handling MPs are banned from wearing a suit of You cannot import potatoes into You are not allowed to handle a salmon armour in Parliament. The same statute England or Wales if you have in a suspicious manner. also banned swords from the chamber. reasonable cause to suspect that they are Polish. IRELAND THAILAND SOUTH KOREA Lock The Witch Up No Stepping On The Crown What Bribes Did You Get? Any person who practises witchcraft No one may step on the nation's Traffic police are required to report or knowledge in any occult or currency due to pictures of the King all bribes that they receive science shall for any such offense printed on it. The King is highly from motorists. suffer imprisonment at the time of revered so you're likely to land in jail one whole year. for it! UNITED STATES Spying Since 1986 No Women On Top Fined For Nukes Since 1986, US authorities have had the In Massachusetts, it is deemed illegal In Chico, people are forbidden to legal right to access any 180-day old for a woman to be on top during sex. produce, test, maintain, or store a email, without a warrant. nuclear weapon, or risk the penalty of a $500 fine. (This is working great!) PHILLIPPINES + SWITZERLAND = NORWAY 098251 )) 2384 Unified Vehicular Volume No Standing Or Flushing After 10pm Plunder Foreign Countries A man may not relieve himself while standing up after 10pm. You're also Reduction Program By law, males must go off on Cars with licence plates ending with a expeditions of pillage and plunder to 1 or 2 are not allowed on the roads on not supposed to flush the toilet after 10pm. nearby countries at least every 5 years. Mondays; each set of numbers represents a different day. + SWEDEN FINLAND NETHERLANDS No Complaining Water Candy Tax No Impersonating A Blind Person During the long hours of winter The government of Finland collects a In the Netherlands, it is illegal to darkness, it is illegal to complain that 'candy tax' for goods containing sugar. impersonate a blind person after you wish it was sunny. Bottled water gets taxed, but cookies dark... but not in the day time? do not. DENMARK • MEXICO SWAZILAND I'm Not Full Yet! Keep Both Feet on at All Times In The Name Of Tradition One may not be charged for food at an Bicycle riders may not lift either foot Any woman who wears trousers faces inn unless that person, by his or her from the pedals, as it might result in a a possible punishment of having the own opinion, is 'full. loss of control. pants ripped off her and torn pieces by soldiers. (A recent law) ZIMBABWE SOURCES + REFERENCES destinationtips.com legislation.gov.uk dumblaws.com stupidlaws.com britainexplorer.com Fly to Dubai No Swearing At Officials Citizens may not make offensive flytodubai.co.uk gestures at a passing state motorcade.
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