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Nov. 23rd, 2009
Practicing Witchcraft in Canada
Nov. 23rd, 2009 08:50 pmIt isn't actually against the law.
It is, however, against the law to *pretend* to practice witchcraft.
Under Part IX, section 365 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
"Every one who fraudulently
(a) pretends to exercise or to use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration,
(b) undertakes, for a consideration, to tell fortunes, or
(c) pretends from his skill in or knowledge of an occult or crafty science to discover where or in what manner anything that is supposed to have been stolen or lost may be found,
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction."
I like the phrase "crafty science".
So you can't pretend to any of these things in order to tell fortunes or to find things that have been lost or stolen.
Charms and hexes seem to be legal according to Canadian Law.
It is, however, against the law to *pretend* to practice witchcraft.
Under Part IX, section 365 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
"Every one who fraudulently
(a) pretends to exercise or to use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration,
(b) undertakes, for a consideration, to tell fortunes, or
(c) pretends from his skill in or knowledge of an occult or crafty science to discover where or in what manner anything that is supposed to have been stolen or lost may be found,
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction."
I like the phrase "crafty science".
So you can't pretend to any of these things in order to tell fortunes or to find things that have been lost or stolen.
Charms and hexes seem to be legal according to Canadian Law.
