While we all fear laws, we can't help but laugh at some of them. Vietnam has recently enforced laws prohibiting their cops from wearing sunglasses, hiding behind trees to ambush or fine civilians and for being 'heavily drunk' on duty.
While we all fear laws, we can't help but laugh at some of them. Vietnam has recently enforced laws prohibiting their cops from wearing sunglasses, hiding behind trees to ambush or fine civilians and for being 'heavily drunk' on duty. CS lists out some other laws that are just as ridiculous:
The Tom Cruise of Top Gun would be in trouble if he were a Vietnamese
Australia:u00a0 1. A life sentence in prison is 200 years.
2. It is against the law to ask any person if their father was a criminal.
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Canada: It is against the law to leave your doors and windows open if you are away from your house for more than one week.
Israel: 1. Bicycles may not ridden without a license.
2. Picking one's nose on the Sabbath is illegal.
UK: 1. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down.
2. A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror.
Switzerland: If you forget you car-keys inside the car and you leave the car open, you will be punished.
France: 1. It is illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
2. It is illegal to kiss in a train.
3. Between 8am and 8pm, 70 per cent of the music on the radio should be by French artists.
Italy: A man may be arrested for wearing a skirt.
Germany: It is illegal to wear a mask when going on strike.