Every country is different and the country’s laws are different. Sometimes, these laws border on the seriously ridiculous and other times they point to important cultural values that might be different from your own. There are lots of rules that we follow but some places around the world have laws that are so strange, it’s hard to believe they are real or necessary.
The first time you read it you will be like, “Is this even a law?” furthermore after you read it completely, you will know the specific reasons of the making of these most bizarre laws listed below from around the globe.
This article will mainly deal with the world’s most bizarre laws you have never heard of. So, let’s get started.
1. It is illegal to frown in Milan, Italy (frown means being sad or displeasure)
In Milan, the law compels you to smile. It is prescribed by city regulation from Austro-Hungarian time that was never repealed. It is illegal to frown in Milan unless you are in funeral or hospital visit otherwise you should be smiling. Although, travel websites often report this law. It isn’t commonly enforced, it’s unlikely you’re going to get fined but Milan has a law that requires people to smile. So, vanish that frown whenever you are in Italy’s fashion capital “Milan”.
2. Chewing gums are banned in Singapore.
Singapore’s ban on the sale of chewing gum is probably the most globally well-known law in the world. So, the question is Why did Singapore ban chewing gums?
And here’s the reasonable answer. Sometimes, we all suffer when fools break the rules. After vandals(punk) used chewing gum to mess with the mass rapid transit system and the housing and development boards spend $150,000 a year to clean gum litter, Singapore banned all gum substances in 1992. Anyone importing, selling or making gum in Singapore can get fined and/or spend his/her quality time in exile with the exception of nicotine and dental gums that is offering therapeutic value.
3. It is illegal to forget you wife’s birthday in Samoa.
Even if it wasn’t a law, husbands would not have wanted to get killed by their wives by not remembering her birthday. With the law like this, husbands in Samoa would make make sure that they do not give their wives a chance to complain. It is unclear how how you will be sentenced but apart for you to think about how to make it to her wouldn’t be too bad.
4. You cannot be overweight in Japan.
Obesity rates in Japan are extremely low, especially when compared to the Western Countries. The traditional Japanese diet is celebrated for its healthiness and it’s uncommon to own a car in urban areas.
Save for Sumo wrestlers, Japan created the Metabo law, this requires people between the ages of 40-74 to have an annual waist measurement performed at the hospital from a certified doctor. Metabo law is essentially a preventative measure with ever increasing numbers of western style, fast food restaurants across the Country.
The Japanese government established the strategy to keep obesity low, fines will be incurred if men’s waist measures over 33.5-inch or 35.4-inches for women.
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5. In Turin, Italy, you must take your dog for walk 3x a day.
In Turin, Italy, you must walk your dog three times a day or you’ll face a fine. Italy considers itself an animal loving nature and in may cities, straight, cats are protected by law.
If you don’t take your dog out for a walk three times a day in Turin, you have to be ready to face a fine of upto €500 (Euro).
To enforce the law, turn police would rely on the help of tipsters spotting cruel treatments by neighbours.
Turin has the most stringent (strick) animal law protection rules in the country. They even banned fairgrounds from giving away goldfish and bags. People will also be banned from dying their pets fur or any form of animal mutilation from merely aesthetic motives such as docking dog’s tails under the law about to be passed in the northern Italy city.
6. Is it illegal to change light bulb in Australia?
Under victorian law, changing a light bulb without a valid licence, to do so was against the law. Taking the light into your own hands, brought a fine of 10 Australian dollars.
However, a vision to the 1998 electricity safety act updated this law. A spokesperson Energy Safe Victoria said that while the electricity safety act makes it illegal to do your own electrical work if you are not licensed, changing a light bulb and removing a plug from the socket were specifically exempted from this requirement under order and council g17.
7. Married women in Bolivia can only be served only one glass of wine.
If you are a single woman in La paz Bolivia, drink up but if you are married, it’s just one glass of wine for you. This law is only relevant in public establishments such as restaurants, bars and Public events.
The reason for the odd law are that any quantity more than a glass would cause women to become sexually and morally lacks.
There’s a little else known about the origins of the law except that it was created to prevent men from receiving unwanted flirtation from women. Even though the sexist law has been protested over the years, it can still be cited according to law as ground for divorce. However, it has rarely ever been successfully enacted as grounds for divorce in modern times.
8. Swearing is no no in UAE.
Dubai is very conservative when it comes to bad language, swearing, profanities, insults and all kind of vulgar language are considered obscene acts as it making rude gestures and offenders can fined or jailed under article 373 of the UAE penal code.
Swearing disgraces the honour or the modesty of the person. This isn’t just for saying inappropriate words aloud, it included indecent physical gestures and extends to your text message and social media as well. Not even indecent emojis are allowed.
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9. You cannot die without pre-purchased burial plot in Sarpourenx, France.
It’s not sure it can be enforced but in 2008, the Mayor of the French village of Sarpourenx issued a decree banning residents from dying in his territory unless they owned a spot in overcrowded cemetery.
Speaking to AFP, he said, he decided to take the radical measure and protest against a legal ruling preventing from enlarging the burial ground in the village of 260 people.
The Mayor of Sarpourenx issued a statement saying all persons nit having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the perish. Offenders will be severely punished. What kind of punishment you will get? However is yet unclear.
10. It is illegal to climb a tree in Canada.
One of the by-laws for the city says, “No person shall interfere with a tree or part of a tree located on municipal property, including but not limited to attaching, affixing or placing upon in any manner, any object or thing to a tree or part of a tree, and climbing a tree.
Conclusion
As you read above, some part of the world has the strangest, weirdest and most unusual laws and you would not believe if you were not here reading it. That’s why we researched and wrote it for you to provide you a mind blowing experience. What do you think of this freaky laws from around the globe. Would you visit to any of these places? Do you think these rules will ever be changed in this ever changing modern world?
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