• 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      Section 365 of the Act is repealed.

      • @TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
        -1•4 months ago

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

        • Cousin MoseEnglish
          4•4 months 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
            -3•4 months 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.

            • Cousin MoseEnglish
              4•4 months 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.

    • KalciferOPEnglish
      7•4 months 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.

    • KalciferOPEnglish
      7•4 months 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.