NIGERIAN NEWS REPORTERS: Craziest Laws From Around The World

Crazy Laws in Asia

One cannot leave his house without
wearing an underwear, in Thailand.
In South Korea, traffic police have to
report all the bribes that they collect
from motorists.
It is illegal for homosexuals to stay in
Singapore.
In Cambodia, it is illegal to use water
guns during New Year celebrations.
In Hong Kong, a husband involved in
adultery can be killed by his wife, but
only with bare hands.
In Japan, if one's girlfriend is proposed
for marriage by his elder brother, she
must agree.
In Saudi Arabia, it is illegal to be poor.
A person with tooth decay does not
qualify for the post of a motor vehicle
inspector in Andhra Pradesh, India.
In the Philippines, one cannot be
cremated with a living creature in his
pocket.
In Russia, while speaking, no sentence
should contain more than four words in
English.
In China, one must be intelligent to go to
college.
Taking bears to the beach is prohibited in
Israel.

Crazy Laws in Africa

In Zimbabwe, it is illegal for the citizens
to make offensive gestures to the passing
state procession.
In South Africa, it is prohibited for young
people wearing bathing suits to sit at a
distance of less than 12 inches from
each other.
In Morocco, it is illegal to kill a rat
unless a person wants to eat it.
In Swaziland, young girls are prohibited
to shake hands with men.
In Somalia, it is an offense to carry an
old chewing gum stuck on the tip of
one's nose.
In Sudan, a man and a woman cannot sit
together without a chaperone.
Not voting is a punishable offense in
Egypt.
In Kenya, being broke is a crime.
In Senegal, gay men are subject to eight
years of imprisonment.
In Madagascar, it is illegal for pregnant
women to wear hats.

Crazy Laws in North America

In New Brunswick, Canada, driving on the
roads is not allowed.
In Mexico, clergymen are prohibited from
wearing their religious dresses in public.
In Guatemala, men cannot sit on the back
seat of a motorcycle.
In Jamaica, it is illegal to shoot the tie of
a policeman.
Till the early 80s, it was illegal to
exercise or jog, in Panama.
In Barbados, it is illegal to wear
camouflage-colored clothes.
Public profanity is prohibited in Bermuda.
In Nicaragua, on knowing that a wife has
committed adultery, if her husband does
not divorce her immediately, he is
prosecuted for his unwillingness to take
proper action.
In Cuba, any restaurant which is not
state-owned, cannot offer lobster on their
menu.
In Belize, it is illegal for a man to have
sex with or marry his own aunt.

Crazy Laws in South America

In Argentina, it is illegal for a man to
marry his brother.
Watermelons are prohibited by law in
Brazil.
In Columbia, drinking in a bar is
prohibited from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.
A man cannot have sex with a woman
and her daughter at a same time, in
Bolivia.
In Paraguay, dueling is legal provided
both the competitors are regular blood
donors.
In Peru, it is illegal to use hot spices in
prisons.
In Ecuador, it is legal for a woman to
dance nude in public, provided she covers
her belly button with a piece of gauze.
Getting caught while bathing nude is a
punishable offense in Guyana.
In Uruguay, a husband who catches his
spouse red-handed with another man, in
bed, is legally given an option to either
kill both of them right away or to chop
off his wife's nose and castrate her lover.
In Suriname, a widow wanting to remarry
has to first sleep with the man.
Crazy Laws in Europe
It is illegal to flush the toilet after 10
p.m., in Switzerland.
In England, most goods are not allowed
to be sold on Sundays, except carrots.
It is illegal to spay one's female dog or
cat in Norway.
Prostitution is legal, only if the prostitute
agrees to pay taxes, in Netherlands.
In Greece, it is illegal to hit a Turkish
national with a phalanx, except on
alternate Mondays.
In Italy, a man who wears a shirt, may be
arrested.
Wearing a mask is illegal in Germany.
In France, it is illegal to name a pig as
Napoleon.
In Sweden, one needs to get a license
from the government in order to paint his
own house.
In Turkey, it is illegal for the men over
the age of 80 to become pilots.
In Scotland, it is illegal to fish on
Sundays.

Crazy Laws in Australia and Oceania

In Australia, one cannot ask a person if
his father was a criminal.
Only licensed electricians are allowed to
change light bulbs in Australia.
In New Zealand, it is illegal if a cat
leaves the house without having three
bells around its neck.
It is illegal to spank one's child in New
Zealand.
It is illegal not to be in a straight jacket,
in Fiji.
In Papua New Guinea, deceived husbands
are legally allowed to behead their wives'
lovers.
In Soloman Islands, it is illegal to cut
down trees with an ax.
It is a criminal offense to forget one's
wife's birthday, in Samoa.
In Nauru, it is legal to sell bird droppings,
and it is also a chief export of the
country...