LEGAL- Quirky Canadian Law

CANADA-WIDE

* 30% of a radio station’s content must be “Canadian Content”

* You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.

* Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.

* It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.

ALBERTA:

Provincial Laws

* Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.

* Wooden logs may not be painted.

* It is illegal to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden legged man

* a released convict is entitled to a gun and a horse to ride out of town on.”

City Laws

* Calgary – If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

* Edmonton – Horses are not allowed to stand on the streets for more than 20 minutes.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Provincial Laws

* It is illegal to kill a Sasquatch.

City Laws

* Victoria – Street entertainers aren’t allowed to give kids balloon animals.

NEW BRUNSWICK :

Provincial Laws

* Driving on the roads is not allowed.

NOVA SCOTIA:

Provincial Laws

* When raining, a person may not water his/her lawn.

ONTARIO:

City Laws

* Etobicoke – Bylaw states that no more than 3.5 inches of water is allowed in a bathtub.

* Oshawa – It’s illegal to climb trees.

* Ottawa – It’s illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.

* Toronto – You can’t drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday.

* Toronto – You’re not allowed to release 10 or more helium balloons within 24 hours.

QUEBEC:

Provincial Laws

* It’s illegal for margarine to be the same colour as butter.

City Laws

* Montreal – The Queen Elizabeth Hotel must feed your horse freely when you rent a room.

* Montreal – Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must be down to less than the width of a hand.

* Quebec City – You may not swear in French.

FUNNY INTERNATIONAL LAWS

1) Ohio: Illegal to get a fish drunk

2) Indonesia: the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

3)Bahrain: Legal for a male doctor to look at the genitals of a female patient only in the reflection of a mirror.

4) Switzerland: Men are not allowed to relieve themselves in a standing position after 10pm.

5) Alabama: Illegal to drive a vehicle being blindfolded.

6) Florida: Unmarried women can’t jump with a parachute on Sunday.

7) Vermont: Women must have written consent from their husbands to wear false teeth.

8) Milan: Legally binding to smile all times, except on funerals and hospital visits.

9) Japan: There is no age of consent.

10) France: Illegal to name your pig “Napoleon”.

11) Hong Kong: A betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband’s lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.

12) Idaho: It is illegal for a man to present a box of chocolates to his girlfriend if it weighs anything less than 50 pounds.

13) Santa Cruz, Bolivia: It is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

14) Israel: If you have been maintaining an illegal radio station for five or more years, the station becomes legal.

15) England: It is illegal for a male to urinate in public. It is allowed only if the person aims for the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle at all the time.

16) York, England: It is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow, except on Sundays.

17) England: A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself absolutely anywhere she wants; even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

18) In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

19) n England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.

20) In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 PM.

-These are the funny laws that i found on the net.-