• R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 365. Justice Laws Website. Government of Canada. Published: 2024-12-10. Accessed: 2025-01-04T22:46Z. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-365-20030101.html.

    365 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.

  • “An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act” C-51. 42nd Parliament, 1st session. Parliament of Canada. Published: 2018-12-13. Accessed: 2025-01-04T22:50Z. https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/42-1/c-51.
    • §41

      Section 365 of the Act is repealed.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    2 days ago

    Canada had anti-fraudulent witchcraft laws. Legit fortune tellers would have been fine.

      • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        The only thing that can stop a bad fortune teller is a good fortuneteller.
        …
        With a gun.

      • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        2 days ago

        Im curious, when you tell a joke outloud to someone, do you always say “im joking!” Immediately after?

        • undefined@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          Generally when telling a joke out loud it’s obvious it’s a joke based on the speaker’s tone and other factors.

          With text-based communication it’s much more difficult to do the same without resorting to /s, Emoji or some other signal.

          • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
            36·
            1 day ago

            Generally nobody would ever take “Legit fortune tellers could see them coming” as a serious statement.

            Edit: Apparently there are at least five people on lemmy that actually believe there are legit fortune tellers in real life. That’s… wow.

            • undefined@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
              51·
              1 day ago

              …and that’s the point of the /s, as you never know who your audience is and/or you don’t want to be taken seriously as you’ve so done with the people downvoting you.

              • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
                13·
                24 hours ago

                I don’t pander to an audience that doesn’t understand context and written language.

                • Ixoid@lemm.eeEnglish
                  21·
                  13 hours ago

                  Then don’t use /s for clarity then. Your problem is that you had a go at @[email protected] for doing so, which quite frankly wasn’t any of your business.

    • KalciferOPEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Canada had anti-fraudulent witchcraft laws.

      I’ll update the title accordingly. I think it’s important to specify what you’ve stated, for clarity.

    • KalciferOPEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Also, imo, regular anti-fraud laws, and regular tort law can take over for the nonexistence of this specific law. For example, if someone is advertising a business, even if it’s something of an occult nature, and then they don’t deliver what they promise, I’d argue that that’s standard false advertisement.

      • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        12 hours ago

        That’s debatable, since the fraud usually has to be something a reasonable person could believe. E.g. no suing Copperfield for faking magic, even if he advertises it as real.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    2 days ago

    WELL WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO NOW IF I GO TO SASKATOON AND I GET TURNED INTO A NEWT?!

    GET BETTER?!