The best law EVER!!!!

[HoreTore]

Forget about privacy laws, gun rights or other such nonsense, here in Norway we've created the best law in the world!

If a politician breaks a promise he made(during campaigns), he can face jail for a maximum of 1,5 years!

Unfortunately no-one has known about this paragraph, and it was found during the review of our legal system, and since our politicians are creating the laws, the law will be removed in a matter of weeks... And it has sadly never been use, since nobody knew about it.

But imagine the consequences of such a law; never again would we see populist dolts promising everything! Losing the next election isn't nearly as scary as getting gangbanged in a prisoner shower every day for 18 months...

[Viking]

Man, I am so wishing the big red book for my next birthday so I can figure out how many weird things I can sue my neighbours for.

[HoreTore]

Good luck with that. That book is IMPOSSIBLE to read, no wonder nobody knows the laws. Some twisted merger of danish and norwegian...

Found the law in question, I'm trying to translate it... To norwegian first, so I can understand it

Linky: http://www.lovdata.no/all/tl-19020522-010-014.html#105

§105 covers the broken promises. But what the hell does "hefte" means? The editorial in Dagbladet said 1,5 years in prison, the law states "Hefte" for 3 years... Or can 3 years "hefte"(whatever it is) be substituted with 1,5 years in prison by the judge?

[Pannonian]

Good luck with that. That book is IMPOSSIBLE to read, no wonder nobody knows the laws. Some twisted merger of danish and norwegian...

Any Northern Norwegian in there?

[Viking]

Good luck with that. That book is IMPOSSIBLE to read, no wonder nobody knows the laws. Some twisted merger of danish and norwegian...

Found the law in question, I'm trying to translate it... To norwegian first, so I can understand it

Linky: http://www.lovdata.no/all/tl-19020522-010-014.html#105

§105 covers the broken promises. But what the hell does "hefte" means? The editorial in Dagbladet said 1,5 years in prison, the law states "Hefte" for 3 years... Or can 3 years "hefte"(whatever it is) be substituted with 1,5 years in prison by the judge?

Call a Dane. He can translate it into English for us; then we can translate that into understandable Norwegian.

[CBR]

That is Bokmål is it not?

In Denmark "hæfte" was like a mild form of prison and generally only used for short terms like a few days.


CBR

[Rodion Romanovich]

Forget about privacy laws, gun rights or other such nonsense, here in Norway we've created the best law in the world!

If a politician breaks a promise he made(during campaigns), he can face jail for a maximum of 1,5 years!

"Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not"
Gen 28:16

[Viking]

That is Bokmål is it not?

In Denmark "hæfte" was like a mild form of prison and generally only used for short terms like a few days.


CBR

Actually it is riksmål. If it was in bokmål, we wouldn't have any problem understanding it.

[FactionHeir]

So uh what if the president decides to pardon/commute his sentence?

[CBR]

Actually it is riksmål. If it was in bokmål, we wouldn't have any problem understanding it.

Riksmål, bokmål, nynorsk...gah

That law text is certainly very close to Danish with just a few Norwegian'ish spellings.


CBR

[Sigurd]

So uh what if the president decides to pardon/commute his sentence?

Welcome to the Republic of Norway...

[Adrian II]

Whether it's in riksmål or bokmål, this law is as stupid as they get.

Why should we deny politicians the moral and legal right to change their minds in accordance with changing circumstance? It reminds me of the old French saying that only imbeciles never change their minds on anything.

Besides, a country becomes ungovernable if every politician can be prosecuted or sued over every supposed promise they made, all the more so if every citizen has standing in such cases.

[HoreTore]

So uh what if the president decides to pardon/commute his sentence?

We have a king, and he's above the law anyway

[Dîn-Heru]

Welcome to the Republic of Norway...

Well, the American government seems to think that we are a republic. I saw an interview with the current American embassador (on Grosvold's show) where he told the story of how he was asked to become the new embassador. After the powers that be had agree that how was a good choice he was sent an e-mail asking if he would like to become the embassador to the Republic of Norway..

[Sigurd]

HURRY!!!
Let's press a class law suit against the current covernment for their failed promises. And then let the conservatives take over.. and then dispell this silly law.

[HoreTore]

HURRY!!!
Let's press a class law suit against the current covernment for their failed promises. And then let the conservatives take over.. and then dispell this silly law.

Which conservatives? The ones who are too small to form a government alone, or the ones who hate each others guts and refuse to cooperate?

[Viking]

Evidently, the right ones.

[Shaka_Khan]

No one would want to become a politician because of that law. A lot of their promises are hard to keep.

[HoreTore]

No one would want to become a politician because of that law. A lot of their promises are hard to keep.

Or perhaps we would no longer see politicians promising everything just to get voters?

[Vladimir]

Or perhaps we would no longer see politicians promising everything just to get voters?

Don't promise, imply. There are plenty of ways around that stupid law.

[HoreTore]

The law says:

"ved løgnagtige Forespeilinger eller ved andre utilbørlige Midler søger at øve Indflydelse paa en andens Optræden eller Stemmegivning i offentlige Anliggender"

Which translates to something like this:

"by untruthful visions or other indecent means seeks to influence anothers behavior or vote in official business"

It's not breaking promises, it's lying to a voter...

[Ianofsmeg16]

Thats not the best law.....

In the Isle of man, up until 5 years ago....it was legal to shoot (with a bow) a Scotsman Wearing a kilt on Peel beach on New years day.

[Caius]

it's lying to a voter

They will complain.