When I first read this, before clicking on the link, I thought possibly this was a very old law, Some states here in the U.S. has some very old strange laws and I figured that's exactly what this was. After clicking on the link and reading the article, it's mainly about fake psychics taking money from people and really doing nothing. Frauds more or less. Which is a good thing, but as the article states, the way that's it's worded, could easily be taken for granted and someone could end up fined or jailed for not being a fraud. While it's a good law to have in place against frauds, I believe it needs to re-worded and made a little more clear. So innocent people are not charged with these crimes by an over zealous officer.

One more thing to add, I noticed this had a date on it of 1985, I believe that was around the time that TV Psychics were ramped here in the States, some of us remember the Psychic Hotline infomercials they had here. This could be one of the reasons the law was put in place, if these infomercials also aired in Canada. Eventually The Psychic Network became a big time joke and they finally filed for bankruptcy, if I remember correctly.

Oh Oh Oh Someone said Criminal code of Canada?  First of all I thought I was the only one that read the CCC for giggles.  Nicholas, we should have a little talk.  A few of the laws in the CC are a little well we'll say antiquated despite the fact that it's published every year.  Older laws ain't deleted they only amend the ones they have too and carry on as if they were normal.  Oh by the way it's not legal to hitch your horse in front of a saloon in Toronto on a Sunday.  That's a local by law though.

Ewwww.  I Don't believe I used the word "ain't" in a sentence.  My apologies to all and consider me scolded.