ザル法ほう

noun

law full of loopholes; toothless law

Colloquial, often critical term for a law or regulation that is easily circumvented or ineffective, like a colander that cannot hold water.

• この新あたらしい規き制せいはザル法ほうだと言いわれている。

  This new regulation is said to be a toothless law.

• 抜ぬけ穴あなだらけのザル法ほうでは、実じっ効こう性せいが期き待たいできない。

  A law full of loopholes like a colander can't be expected to be effective.