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08/16/2007
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The Times compiled a rating of the strangest laws


The British newspaper The Times took advantage of the consultation of professional lawyers so that its rating includes really the strangest quirks of legislators around the world. “Do you know that in France you can’t call the pig Napoleon? Or is it forbidden to save fish in Ohio?” The observer Alex Uyd is surprised, thanks to the help of the rating of the heels of lawyers from world names. (Full text on the website inopressa.ru .)

25. In the London city, it is forbidden to transport frantic dogs or corpses by taxi.

24. In the building of the UK parliament, it is forbidden to die.

23. Having glued a postage brand with a portrait of a British monarch on an envelope upwards, you will commit an act of treason.

22. In France, it is forbidden to give piglets the name "Napoleon".

21. According to the Code of Prevention of tax evasion, adopted in the UK in 2006, it is forbidden not to inform the tax inspector any information that you would not want to bring to his attention, although you are not obliged to inform him of information that you do not against him.

20. In Alabama, it is forbidden to drive a car with blindfolded eyes.

19. Ohio legislation forbids to solder the fish dumped.

18. The Royal Navy’s vessels, included in the London Port, must be handed to the constel of the London Tower by barrel of Roma.

17. In the UK, the law gives a pregnant woman the right to celebrate the need wherever she pleases, and even use a policeman helmet instead of a night pot, if she first asks him for it.

16. In the county of Lankashir, not a single person is allowed after the police constable on the seashore asks him to linger, to build any dog ​​to bark.

15. In Miami, Florida, it is forbidden to ride a skateboard in a police station.

14. In Indonesia for masturbation, it is supposed to chop off the head.

13. In the UK, all men's faces over 14 years old are required to practice onions for two hours a day.

12. In London, an honorary citizen is allowed to drive a herd of sheep across the London bridge without paying the fee, as well as to distill geese along the chipsayd.

11. In Salvador, persons convicted of driving drunk can be sentenced to execution.

10. In the UK, a man who felt the urgent need to celebrate the need in a public place has the right to do this only on condition that he will direct the stream to the rear wheel of his car, and his right hand will hold on to this very car.

9. In Florida, unmarried women who make parachute jumps on Sundays can be imprisoned.

8. In Kentukki, wearing a disguised weapon is prohibited if it has a length of more than six feet.

7. In Chester, Welsh are forbidden to enter the city until dawn and remain within its limits after sunset.

6. In the city of York, the law does not forbid to kill the Scots in the walls of an ancient city, but only if these Scots have bows and arrows with them.

5. In Boulder, the state of Colorado, it is forbidden to kill birds within the city, as well as “own” pets: from the point of view of the law, residents of the city can only be “overseers for animals”.

4. In Vermont, women can use inserting jaws only with a written resolution from her husband.

3. In London, it is forbidden to catch a taxi on the street if you are sick with plague.

2. In Bahrain, a male doctor, by law, has the right to inspect the genital organs of a woman, but not directly, but only looking at their reflection in the mirror.

1. The head of any dead whale discovered on the banks of Great Britain, by law belongs to the king. The tail, however, belongs to the queen - in case she needs the bones on the corset.