Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951
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The Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 is a law in the UK which targets anyone claiming to be psychics, mediums, or other spiritualists who attempt to use trickery with an attempt to deceive and to make money from the deception. The 1951 act also repealed the Witchcraft Act.
There were between five and six prosecutions under this act between 1980 and 1995. Five were successful.[1][2]
In 2007 a petition against revising the Fraudulent Mediums Act was started in light of the Act being repealed in April 2008.
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- Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
- Petition to revise the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951
- Petition against revising the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951
- Article discussing the impact of The Consumer Protection Regulations on Spiritualism
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