Law amusements
Unusual laws around the world
Nigeria: I wouldn't be cheating
There is another very real and terrifying perspective on adultery (called "zina" in Islam Law), pointedly set out in this extract of the Penal Code of the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara, Ch. 8, s. 126 (at zamfaraonline.com/sharia/ chapter08.html):
"Whoever, being a man or a woman fully responsible, has sexual intercourse through the genital of a person over whom he has no sexual rights and in circumstances in which no doubt exists as to the illegality of the act, is guilty of the offence of zina (and) shall be punished with caning of one hundred lashes if unmarried, and shall also be liable to imprisonment for a term of one year; or if married, with stoning to death."
I wouldn't be taking that chocolate bar if I was you
And another gem from the Nigerian state of Zamfara, Ch. 8, s. 126 (at zamfaraonline.com):
“Whoever commits the offence of theft … shall be punished with amputation of the right hand from the joint of the wrist; and where the offender is convicted for the second theft shall be punished with the amputation of the left foot; and where the offender is convicted for the third theft shall be punished with the amputation of the left hand from the joint of the wrist, and where the offender is convicted for the fourth theft shall be punished with the amputation of the right foot; and where the offender is convicted for the fifth or subsequent thefts, he shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.”
Me wanna dlink! Wah! Wah!
There is no legal drinking age in these countries; you can enjoy your first drink while you're having your diaper changed: China, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Thailand and Vietnam. It's "16" in most European countries.
Source: Potsdam University site “Alcohol Problems and Solutions at potsdam.edu/hansondj/LegalDrinkingAge.html
Don't be selling your gymnasts
Georgia's Code (2007, Title 39, Chapter 2, section 17) at lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode:
"Any person who shall sell, apprentice, give away, let out, or otherwise dispose of any minor under 12 years of age to any person for the vocation, occupation, or service of rope or wire walking, begging, or as a gymnast, contortionist, circus rider, acrobat, or clown, or for any indecent, obscene, or immoral exhibition, practice, or purpose shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
"Hello? It's just the paperboy! Anybody ho...." bang!
Revised Statutes of Colorado, Title 18, Article 1-704.5 (also known as the “Make My Day” law, accessible through loc.gov/law/guide/us-co.html):
“... (A)ny occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when that other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that such other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the uninvited entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the uninvited entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that such other person might use any physical force, no matter how slight, against any occupant."
“... Any occupant of a dwelling using physical force, including deadly physical force ... shall be immune from criminal prosecution (or) civil liability for injuries or death resulting from the use of such force.”
Uh, listen alien, you can't land there!
In October of 1954, the little French town of Châteauneuf-du-Pape passed the following by-law (in-house, but extremely reliable translation):
"The fly-over or landing or takeoff, on public property, of a flying saucer, of whatever nationality, is prohibited."
Source: www.duhaime.org
