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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to repeal the Witchcraft Act, 1735, and to make, in substitution for certain provisions of section four of the Vagrancy Act, 1824, express provision for the punishment of persons who fraudulently purport to act as, spiritualistic mediums or to exercise powers of telepathy, clairvoyance or other similar powers. |
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| Citation | 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 33 |
| Introduced by | Walter Monslow (Private Members Bill) (Commons) |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 June 1951 |
| Commencement | 22 June 1951[c] |
| Repealed | 26 May 2008 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Witchcraft Act 1735 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 33) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prohibited a person in England and Wales from claiming to be a psychic, medium, or other spiritualist while attempting to deceive and to make money from the deception (other than solely for the purpose of entertainment). It repealed the Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 5), and it was in turn repealed on 26 May 2008[1] by Schedule 4 of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008[2] implementing the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005 which targeted unfair sales and marketing practices. It also changed section four of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 83) to ensure that it is still enforced with the acts.
There were five prosecutions under the act between 1980 and 1995, all resulting in conviction.[3]
Subsequent developments
[edit]Section 2 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group X of part Y of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, which came into force on 5 November 1993.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Section 3(1).
- ↑ Section 3(2).
- ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 8 May 2008, SI 2008/1277
- ↑ Rohrer, Finlo; Bell, Sarah (18 April 2008). "There may be trouble ahead". BBC News Magazine. BBC News. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ↑ Finkelstein, Daniel (11 April 2007). "All that clairvoyant stuff – I don't see it myself". The Times. London: News International. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1993 c. 50
External links
[edit]- Text of the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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