1.   Because of an inadvertent change in a state statute last year, campfires have been illegal since October.

2.   The government then declared the Lake Dore settlement illegal since the Ouje-Bougoumou Crees were not treaty Indians and thus had no right to occupy crown land.

3.   Defacing Chinese and Hong Kong flags has become illegal since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule last July.

4.   Taiwan has a highly developed sex industry, most of it underground, unregulated and illegal since the closure of licensed brothels in Taipei last year.

5.   On Wednesday, the junta officially unbanned political parties, illegal since the coup.

6.   The distribution network, although illegal since in most countries cannabis-growing and selling is forbidden by law, often takes traditional, legal circuits.