You think that the law in Poland is turned upside down… then you don't know what's going on abroad! We present a collection of foreign absurdities and legal curiosities….
1. Kansas Courthouse (USA) ordered Arthur Younkin (Libra:225 Kg) you will lose weight 50 kg and banned eating more than one meal a day. The convict lost his job due to obesity and did not pay off the loan. He is losing weight in prison.
2. In Sacco, Missouri (USA) women cannot wear hats, that could scare children, sensitive people and animals.
3. Every Brit who tries to sell e.g.. a vacuum cleaner in a public place is subject to the penalty of restriction of liberty (3 months) i 180 pounds fine.
4. There is a hair length limit in Tanzani – maximum 36 cm.
5. In Athens, driving a car in a swimsuit, you risk losing your driving license.
6. In Alabama (USA) it is forbidden to play dominoes on Sundays.
7. Orthodox rabbis from Israel banned the faithful from using the Internet, bo “he leads people into temptation and leads them to sin”.
8. The college for petty offenses in Koszalin ordered a man to wash dishes in a restaurant for a month, because he didn't pay the dinner bill.
9. In New Guinea, the payment for a wedding with “a new one” fiancee it 240 dollars, 5 pigs and one bird. Two pigs, bird and the only one 30 “green”.it is enough, to pay for a recovered wife (divorcee or widow). Nothing pays the forces for a former twice-married woman.
10. In the village of Fairbanks (Alaska, USA) you must not give vodka to mice.
11. In Micronesia (country in Oceania) a man wearing a tie is forced to put on a special collar.
12. Oregon girls (USA), which they have below 18 Years, they cannot drink coffee in public places after an hour 19:00.
13. In Arkanzas (USA) a man has the right to beat his concubine on condition, that he doesn't do it more than once a week.
14. W Los Angeles (USA) the husband has the right to beat his wife with a belt, as long as the width of the strip does not exceed 3,6 cm. No mistake, that the spouse would agree to make concessions.
15. In Tanzania (Africa) it is strictly forbidden to wear mini skirts. A woman may be sent to prison as a punishment.
16. In Alaska (USA) it is not allowed to wake bears from hibernation in order to take pictures of them.
17. Teachers of religion in Polish schools were forbidden to threaten children with the devil in a confidential manner.
18. w san francisco (USA) it is punishable to wash cars with used underwear.
19. W Seattle (USA) young ladies were forbidden to sit on their sweethearts' laps in public means of transport. Breaking this ban is punishable by a prison sentence of up to six months.
20. Amateurs of theater and cinema in Bengal (Indie) they are deprived of the pleasure of watching kiss scenes. The Ministry of Education says, that erotic scenes soften the brain.
21. W Provo (Utah, USA) there is a law that prohibits dogs from leaving the house after an hour 19:00.
22. In Poland, men are not admitted to the theological seminary with a visible handicap.
23. W Cleveland (Ohio, USA) the law prohibits women from wearing leather shoes, lest men watch their legs reflect in polished shoes.
24. In the village of Tuscon (Arizona, USA) women are not allowed to wear pants. A man is not allowed to wear a harness in Nogalcs (Arizona), and tight pants in Delaware (Connecticut).
25. Pick up a woman on the street in Little Rock (Arkansas, USA) threatens with a month in prison.
26. In Turkey, drunk drivers are taken away 30 kilometers from the place of residence. They have to wander home. They are then forbidden to use public transport under penalty of imprisonment.
27. W Maine (USA) It is forbidden to listen to radio entertainment on Sundays.
28. In Virginia (USA) church rituals are treated with extreme seriousness. If someone is caught during a mass, e.g.. on chewing gum, he is immediately insulted by the pastor's assistants hired for this purpose.
29. In Świdnica, it is forbidden to swear in public places. For the use of vulgar words, the city guard punishes with fines in the amount of 5 do 50 zl.
30. In several African countries, rape can lead to the rapist's virility. Without anesthesia…
31. In Greece, a man who is late for work can justify himself, claiming, that he made love to his wife.
32. Swiss youth are forbidden to photograph themselves naked (whole figure). It can, however, do it “in the parts”. Np. in one photo from the waist up, on the other – from the waist down.
33. In California (USA) people without hunting license are not allowed to set mousetraps.
34. In the town of East Lake, Ohio (USA) it is forbidden to kick animals. Penalty for kicking e.g.. dog is fine 25 dollars and 10 prison days.
35. In Libya in 1977. court, in accordance with Islamic law, he sentenced the dog to a month's imprisonment, who bit a man.
36. In China, finding a panda skin in someone is punishable by an immediate execution clause.
37. In Texas (USA) it is forbidden to have sex in cars. Policeman, who will cover the couple red-handed, before approaching “crime scene” is obliged to press the horn of the police car three times and wait two minutes.
38. The political bureau of the Cuba Communist Party has issued a ban on speaking for more than an hour. The rule does not apply to Fidel Castro (average speaking time – 5,5 hours). 39. Stockholm authorities ordered billboards with the image of the chaff-thin English model Georgia Grenville removed from the streets, because the heir to the Swedish throne, 20-summer Victoria, suffers from bulimia nervosa.
40. W Logan Country (Colorado, USA) punishes himself in prison for kissing a sleeping woman. A w Hariford (Connecticut, USA) it is forbidden to kiss a wife on a Sunday. 41. The authorities of the Lebanese prison of Roumieh have banned inmates from getting bored in their cells. When they start to get bored, they are to sing loudly, and then classes are organized for them.
42. In Japan, there is an informal prohibition on the use of all vacation days by an employee. It is a scandal to use all your leave.
43. In Florida (USA) unmarried women will go to jail, if they parachute on Sundays.
44. In Tanzania (Africa) the groom taking the marriage oath, under the threat of imprisonment, he must repeat the following words after the official:”Let me bleed out, let lightning smash me, I am eaten by a crocodile, let me go deaf and go blind, let me become a beggar, if I cheat or leave my wife”.
45. Brothel owners in Thailand banned prostitutes from opening bottles with a vagina. This trick increasingly ends with injuries. For this reason, sick leave is not honored.
46. In Oxford (United Kingdom) all the women above 16 years of age are prohibited from showing themselves in front of the camera lens, if the photographer is a man.
47. After another drunken elephant attack in the village of Pradzapatibosi, Assam (Indie), the authorities have banned the production of rice beer in forests. The elephants, having found forest breweries, drank with pleasure.
48. English poetess, Donna McLean, frightened by the achievements in the field of cloning, she decided, that he will not, for someone to clone it one day and reserve its genetic code in the patent office.
49. The governor of Tokyo ordered the city's residents to eat the flesh of crows, because there are too many of them in the capital. Including wroniny in the Tokyo menu will reduce the flocks of these birds by at least two-thirds.
50. In the province of Ottawa (Canada) thirteen Indians asked the authorities to prohibit paying for scalps. From 1756 R. because there is a decree of the British Royal Governor William Lawrence, thus encouraging the scalping of the natives.
51. In the town of Saratosa (Florida, USA) singing in underpants is forbidden.
52. In Illinois (USA) it is strictly forbidden to enter the opera house with a teddy bear.
53. In Saudi Arabia, it is forbidden to wear a cross around one's neck, nor keep a Bible at home.
54. The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church demands a ban on the use of the new tax identification. The hierarchs stated, that characters resembling sixes were woven into the barcodes, and this is the symbol of the antichrist (famous 666).
55. The Egyptian parliament decided, that the woman would be able to bring her husband to court, that won't let her travel.
56. Tuareg women in Tunisia (desert nomads) they cannot look at strange men.
57. The councilors of the Warsaw commune of Centrum adopted a resolution banning the sale of alcohol above 4,5 percentage in buildings occupied by the Sejm and Senate.
58. The Scots demand a Monday off work. “British Medical Journal” published the research results, from which it results, most men die on Monday.
59. King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adyulyadej, ordered the servants to not touch the glasses with their hands, used by the royal family.
60. In Cuernee (Illinois, USA) woman weighing over 100 kg is not allowed to ride horses in a T-shirt.
61. Anwar Ibrahim, Head of Malaysia's Finance Ministry, issued a ban on growing flowers in pots. The minister orders citizens to grow vegetables in pots.
62. In Indiana (USA) monkeys are not allowed to smoke cigarettes.
63. In the city of Lelczyce (Bialorus) the sale of eggs is forbidden. Eggs can only be purchased at the pharmacy, on medical prescription.
64. In Poland, it is forbidden to carry items with you, in which the blade is hidden (np. shoes with protruding spikes or sticks with a spike). The prohibition says nothing about cleavers or half-meter chef's knives.
65. In the city of Gary (Indiana, USA) it is forbidden to go to the theater before 4 p.m. after eating garlic.
66. In Washington (USA) sex with a virgin is absolutely forbidden.
67. Canon law forbids the celebration of weddings outside the walls of the temple, except at home or in a hospital. Recently, church authorities refused to perform weddings on the plane, submarine and pool.
68. In Iran it is forbidden to hug couples in the street and kiss in public. The lowest penalty for these offenses is 35 lashes.
69. Also in Iran, newspaper cannot be used in the toilet. There may be a picture of an imam or a holy word in a newspaper.
70. In the city of Wichita (Kansas, USA) beating mother-in-law cannot be a reason for divorce.
71. In Cuba, after the threat of losing the car, you are not allowed to drive anyone except your immediate family in your private car.
72. At Spitsbergen (Norwegian island in the Arctic Sea) it is absolutely forbidden to drink alcohol.
73. In Alaska (USA) it is forbidden by law to talk to the bear.
74. In Kentucky (USA) marrying the same person for the fourth time threatens with imprisonment.
75. W Waterwille (Maine, USA) it is forbidden to wipe the nose in public.
76. The adjutant of an officer in the English Guard of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is forbidden to look at the wife of the superior.
77. The Act on the Polish language provides 30 days of arrest for using a foreign language in the naming of goods, advertising, operating manuals.
78. According to the rules of the International Boxing Federation, bearded players are not allowed in the ring.
79. In Oklahoma (USA) it is forbidden to cast spells on teachers by students.
80. New Jersey dogs (USA) can't bark from 8 evening to 8 water.
81. In Oklahoma (USA) special permission from the mayor is required for the mating of dogs. In the same condition, for making inappropriate faces to the dog, you pay a fine in the amount of 220 dolarow.
82. US law prohibits making presidential elections the subject of sports betting. Americans are betting on the Internet in Europe.
83. Romanian authorities have banned dirty cars from entering their territory. 84. In Beijing (China) many bars do not allow ugly women to enter.
85. In many towns and villages of Afghanistan, men without a fortune have no right to work or any services. In addition, government officials must wear turbans when working.
86. The Polish guard cannot have a mustache. The regulation of the Ministry of Interior and Administration reads: “persons with beards and sideburns as well as long hair and mustaches, and also those who do not follow the current shaving of facial hair cannot take part in rescue operations”.
87. In Turkey, a student candidate must be shaved. Candidates wearing headscarves are also not accepted.
88. In the Washington subway (USA) it is forbidden to eat or drink.
89. The law of the Roman Catholic Church prohibits homosexuals from painting holy pictures.
90. In Minnesota (USA) woman, who disguises herself as Santa Claus can go to jail for 30 Days.
91. Viagra Fan Club in Sydney (Australia) calls for a ban on using this medicine for other purposes. It turns out, that Australian housewives add blue tablets to the water in vases, every week extends the life of cut flowers.
92. According to Polish clergy, watching the film. “Priest” (the story of a homosexual priest) is a grave sin.
93. There is no longer a ban on photographing railway stations in Poland, and was in force 🙂
94. In Haletrophe (Maryland, USA) is legally sanctioned by public kissing for more than a second.
95. In Lebanon, it is forbidden to lose your virginity before marriage. If the husband proves, that the bride was not a virgin, has the right to send her back to her parents.
96. In the same Lebanon, cosmetic procedures were banned, which before the wedding “restore” long lost virginity.
97. Animal rights advocates are calling on the Swiss government to ban the export of dogs to Asian countries. The ban is to protect the famous Saint Bernards from being eaten.
98. Yanomami Indians (they live in Venezuela and Brazil) From two years on, it is forbidden to give birth to girls. There is a risk of public flogging for having a female child.
99. Philippine authorities banned paratroopers from flying airliners. The ban was introduced after that, how one of the jumpers wanted to hijack a plane, threatening the pilot with a grenade, then took the passengers money and valuables and jumped out of the plane.
