Case file · Witch trials
Canada repeals its witchcraft offence
In December 2018 Parliament repealed section 365 of the Criminal Code, which made it a crime to 'pretend' to practise witchcraft or tell fortunes for money; it had been used against fraudulent psychics as late as the 2010s.
2018 CE · 45.42, -75.70 · status: official
The account
The offence came from Britain's Witchcraft Act 1735. Fraud provisions still cover the same conduct.