LONDON,
PTI: Psychics and occultists based in Britain or those who come visiting
from India can now be taken to the court if their numerous predictions
don’t materialise. This is possible now as the new consumer protection
regulations has come in to force and it brings Britain in line with
similar rules across the European Union. Britain has a flourishing “spiritual
industry” with soothsayers earning 40 million pounds every
year, a large component of which is derived from people from the Indian
sub-continent.
Unlike
the Fraudulent Mediums Act of 1951, the prosecutors now will not have
to prove the fraud or dishonest to secure a criminal conviction.
The
new rules will require the Fortune-tellers and astrologers to mention
that their services are for “entertainment only” and that they are
not “experimentally proven”. Disclaimers on boards, on their invoices
and printed terms and conditions is a must now. This will apply even
for the websites of faith healers or spiritualists. |
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