Before you pass gas in Malawi, you might want to wait until you are in a private area.
A new bill in the country is trying to make it against the law to fart in public in order to “mold responsible and disciple citizens.”
While the legislation does include fines for more potentially dangerous actions, including carrying weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, fighting in public, or deceiving witnesses and destroying evidence, some Malawi citizens are claiming the flatulence clause is going a bit too far.
“How can this government criminalize the release of intestinal gases … Everyone does that, even if it’s in public or it has an accompanying sound which is boring, making it criminal is a joke of democracy,” said one person
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