Stupid Laws (from an email)


Bahrain:

  It is illegal for a male doctor to examine a woman's genitals by looking 
  directly, but he may examine them by way of a mirror.


Canada:

  The town of Ajax, Ontario, has enacted the following:
  "No person shall urinate, defecate or vomit on a Highway or in a Public 
Place."
  It is aimed at drunks and sounds reasonable until you realise it makes no 
  provision for those with disabilities making them liable occasionally to do 
  any of those things involuntarily and without warning.


Indonesia:

  Anyone found guilty of masturbation may be beheaded.


Italy:

  A new law (reported in The Guardian newspaper April 2005) in Turin imposes a 
  fine of 500 Euros for dog owners who fail to walk their dogs at least three 
  times a day.


UK (some of these do not apply in Scotland or others in Wales):

  It is lawful to kill a Scotsman in York if he is carrying a bow and arrow. 
  It is illegal for taxi drivers to carry rabid dogs or corpses. 
  A taxi driver must ask passengers if they are suffering from plague or 
  smallpox. 
  A member of the House of Commons is not allowed to resign his seat. However, 
  if one wants to leave the post, he applies for (and is automatically granted) 
  the Stewardship of the Aylesbury Hundred, which is a job with no duties or pay 
  but which makes him ineligible for membership of Parliament. 
  Anyone entering the Houses of Parliament while wearing a suit of armour is 
  liable to be arrested. 
  It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (I'm not sure what punishment 
  is inflicted on offenders). 
  Any whale washed up on the shore is the property of the Queen, so she can use 
  its bones for her corset. 
  In Hereford you can shoot a Welsh person on a Sunday, with a longbow, in the 
  Cathedral Close. 
  You can shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow in Chester, inside the city 
  walls and after midnight. 
  It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel 
  of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle. 
  Women are permitted to go topless in Liverpool provided they work as a clerk 
  in a shop selling tropical fish. 
  A bed may not be hung out of a window. 
  It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance. 
  It is illegal to be drunk on licenced premises. 
  Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 
  hours in the stocks. 
  Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin. 
  It is illegal to eat mince pies on 25th December. 
  In London it is illegal to hail a taxi while suffering from bubonic plague. 
  Sticking a postage stamp (showing the head of the queen, which they all do) on 
  an envelope upside down is considered treason. 
  It is illegal to go within 100 yards of the queen when not wearing hose, socks 
  or stockings. 
  It is illegal for any commoner's pet to have carnal knowledge of an animal 
  belonging to the monarch. 
  A pregnant woman may relieve herself anywhere she likes, including (if she 
  requests) in a policeman's helmet. 
  A hackney carriage (i.e. taxi) driver must (still) carry a bale of hay and a 
  bucket to feed and water his horse [Thanks to Paula Wilde for reminding me of 
  this one] 
  It is illegal for a London taxi driver to take more than one day off work in 
  any week unless he gives 10 days notice (presumably to the licensing 
  authority). 
  It is also illegal for a London taxi driver to pick up a passenger who flags 
  him down, although he is permitted to display an illuminated sign saying he is 
  available. 
  Also in London you may not carry a plank, pole, ladder, wheel, hoop or tub 
  along the footpath, although you can carry it across the path to load it into 
  a vehicle. 
  Children in London are forbidden to play any game, fly a kite or slide on ice 
  or snow in the street. 
  Under a 1906 act of Parliament it is illegal to go to a fancy dress party 
  dressed as a soldier or sailor. 
  In London it is an offence against the law to beat a carpet in the street, or 
  to beat a doormat in the atreet after 8:00a.m.


Singapore:

  It is illegal to walk around in your own house naked.