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(Private Member's Bill)
Note
THE PURPOSE of this Bill is to amend the law concerning psychic and occult
practices; to regulate the activities of those purporting to be, or calling
themselves 'mediums'; and to safeguard the public from the frauds of those
pretending to possess an occult or psychic faculty, at the same time protecting
the genuine medium and the genuine inquirer, and furthering the interests of
scientific psychical research.
Psychic practitioners Bill
This Bill is also designed to prohibit the sale of articles and apparatus
alleged to induce a psychic or occult faculty and to prevent the sellers of such
articles from battening on the credulity of the public; and to prohibit psychic
organizations from living on the earnings of fraudulent mediums. Children and
adolescents, too, are protected from being exploited by those seeking to make
money out of their alleged 'powers,' the exhibition of which, invariably for
gain, can hardly fail to injure, both mentally and physically, and also morally,
persons of immature age.
'Psychic' Frauds are Ancient
The art of deceiving the public by spurious occult or magical demonstrations is
as old as history itself, and the literature of the subject goes back many
centuries. The ancient Greek priests made a science of deception, and their
temples stand to-day as monuments of charlatanry and artifice far in advance of anything the modern psychic faker dare construct for purposes of deception. Hero
of Alexandria exposed these priestly tricksters - who called their assistants
sibyls and prophetesses - hundreds of years ago, and gave the world an
illustrated account(1) of the working of their oracles, their bleeding statues,
their talking gods, their fires-pitting and food-consuming idols, and the many
mechanical contrivances with which the keepers of the temples deluded their
followers. It is still possible to see the siphons, tubes, vaults, secret doors,
chambers, and speaking-tubes by means of which they imposed on credulity in
ancient Greece. Though the modern 'oracle' - unlike her prototype of Delphi and Dodona - does not now hand out her prophecies enigmatically expressed in
hexameter verses, the sayings and automatic writings of some 'mediums' of to-day
follow the ancient model in that they require all the interpretation that can be
found for them.
(1) Spiritalia, ed. Alex Georgi, Urbino, 1592. For translation, see The
Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria, by Bennett Wooderoft, London, 1851
Early London Charlatans
Coming to modern historical times, we have records of many charlatans who, by
means of a little conjuring skill and a pretence to occult knowledge, easily
extracted money from the vacuous guilelessness of the ignorant and credulous. In
1561 Francis Coxe, a wandering magician, 'medium,' and miracle-worker was put in
the 'pyllorye in Chepesyde' after being accused of 'certayne sinistral and
develish artes.' He was ordered also to 'retract' and confess his fraud in
various parts of London. He had the temerity to print his confession under the
title of The Unfained Retraction of Francis Coxe ... (London, 1561). Apparently
he found that writing tracts was more profitable than telling fortunes, for in
the same year he published another black-letter brochure entitled: A Short
Treatise, Declaring the Detestable Wickedness of Magical Sciences as Necromancie,
Conjurations, Curious Astrologle, etc., one of the very earliest exposures of
fraudulent mediumship. A few years later Reginald Scot devoted a whole volume(2)
to what we should now call fraudulent mediumship, and in 1620 John Melton gave
the world a detailed account(3) of how an astrologer robbed him of his money
under the pretence of finding lost property. And there are many other early
works of a similar nature.
(2) Discoverie of Witchcraft... London, 1584.
(3) Astrologaster, or the Figure-Caster... London,1620.
War Increases Fraud
During and after the Great War, the number of mediums especially fraudulent
mediums - increased considerably, and the reason for this is not difficult to
understand. The wave of emotionalism which swept the world during this unhappy
period caused the bereaved to seek their dead ones, made people more credulous
and more easily duped, and the charlatans rose to the occasion. This
extraordinary credulity on the part of the public has persisted and is growing.
Legislation in order to protect these persons is therefore necessary.
One of the crying scandals connected with false mediumship is the fact that when
a medium is prosecuted and convicted on the clearest evidence, many
spiritualists regard him as a sort of martyr and rush to his support. More than
one 'medium' has leapt to fame solely on account of his having been convicted of
a mean 'psychic' fraud. It is necessary to protect the public from such people,
and from their own folly in consulting these charlatans.
Briefly, the Bill is intended to provide for the registration of persons
claiming psychic powers, with or without examination by some competent,
sympathetic body, at the same time to leave the miracle-monger who lives on the
credulous, the ignorant, and the bereaved, punishable under existing law. Under
the Bill, any bonβ-fide society pursuing scientific research into psychic
matters may obtain recognition from the Secretary of State as 'a recognized
Scientific Body.'
PSYCHIC PRACTITIONERS (REGULATION) BILL
A Bill
To provide for the regulation of psychic or occult practitioners to restrict the
public exhibition of psychic faculties: to confer on the Secretary of State
powers in relation to the registration of persons professing to possess such
faculties: to make provision for preventing fraud in connection with psychic or
occult practices and for the protection of children and young persons: to repeal
the Witchcraft Act, 1735, and to amend the Vagrancy Act, 1824: and to provide
for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Arrangement of Clauses
Registration, etc.
Clause
I. Provisions as to psychic practitioners, meetings, and literature.
2. Establishment of registers.
3. Applications for registration.
4. Particulars and notices.
5. Grant and extent of registration: certificates.
6. Power of Registration Authority to impose conditions and require
undertakings.
7. Refusal and cancellation of registration.
Offences
8. Offences.
9. Penalties for offences.
10. Cancelled or suspended certificates.
11. Penalty for acting as assistant, etc., during suspension or cancellation of
registration.
General
12. Recognized scientific bodies and universities.
13. Investigation Tribunal.
14. Secretary of State empowered to make rules.
Exemptions, etc.
15. Psychopathic or hypnotic treatment by registered medical practitioners
exempted.
16. Repeal.
17. Amendment.
18. Interpretation.
19. Application to Scotland.
20. Short Title, Citation, and Extent.
Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Psychic practitioners, meetings and literature.
1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall on or after the
appointed day
(a) practise for reward as a psychic practitioner as hereinafter defined without
being duly registered under this Act,
(b) act as manager for or representative of or assistant to any unregistered
psychic practitioner practising for reward,
(c) hold or convene or attempt to hold or convene or assist in holding or
convening any public meeting for the purpose of exhibiting or demonstrating or
attempting to exhibit or demonstrate psychic or occult phenomena, or at which
such phenomena are exhibited or demonstrated or attempted or intended to be
exhibited or demonstrated, or at which psychic or occult matters are or are
intended to be the subject of any lecture or discussion, or, being an owner or
occupier of premises, cause or permit such premises to be used for any of the
purposes aforesaid,
(d) cause or permit any child or young person to be present at any exhibition or
demonstration or attempted exhibition or demonstration of psychic or occult
phenomena or at any lecture or discussion relating thereto, distribute or cause
to be distributed or be concerned in distributing any document which to his
knowledge contains
(i) any invitation to the public to attend any such meeting, lecture or
discussion as aforesaid,
(ii) any offer to the public of goods as having psychic or occult properties, or
any descriptive matter relating thereto,
(iii) any offer of tuition or instruction in psychic or occult matters,
(iv) any matter whatsoever relating to the activities of any living unregistered
psychic practitioner, other than bonβ-fide reports of proceedings in a Court of
Law or before the Investigation Tribunal constituted under this Act, or reports
the publication whereof has been duly authorized by the Secretary of State under
this Act,
(v) any information calculated to lead directly or indirectly to the doing of
any act in contravention of this section by the recipient of the information,
(f) have in his possession for the purpose of distribution any documents which
to his knowledge are documents as aforesaid,
(g) being a society, club, church, company, firm or association, receive any
commission profit or reward in connection with any demonstration or exhibition
of psychic or occult phenomena, or any attempted demonstration or exhibition
thereof, or any lecture or discussion relating thereto.
(2) The preceding subsection shall not apply in relation to bonβ-fide research
or instruction by members of the staff of any recognized scientific body or to
the publications of such recognized scientific body.
(3) A person shall not be taken to contravene this section by reason only that
he delivers or causes to be delivered to purchasers thereof, copies of any
newspaper, journal, magazine or other periodical publication.
Establishment of Registers.
2. Every registration authority within the meaning of this Act shall establish
and keep a Register of Psychic Practitioners. The Register shall be in the
prescribed form and shall be open to inspection by any member of the public
during ordinary office hours on payment of the prescribed fee.
Applications for Registration.
3. (1) Every psychic practitioner as hereinafter defined shall not more than six
weeks nor less than twenty-one days before making any application to be
registered under this Act, insert in a London daily newspaper in two different
issues a notice stating that he intends to make such application: and shall give
not less than seven days' notice in writing to the Registration Authority and to
the Chief Officer of Police of the police area in which he intends to practise
of his intention to apply for registration.
(2) Every such notice as aforesaid shall contain particulars of every name which
has at any time been used by the applicant or by which he has at any time been
known.
(3) It shall not be necessary to insert or give any such notices as aforesaid
where the application is for the renewal without alteration of an existing
certificate of registration.
Particulars and Notices.
4. (1) Every person making application to be registered under this Act shall
furnish to the Registration Authority of the area in which he resides or if he
has no fixed place of residence in Great Britain to any Registration Authority
particulars in the prescribed form.
(2) If any circumstance occurs in relation to any person registered under this
Act which affects the accuracy of any particulars with respect to the person so
registered in the Register of Psychic Practitioners, the person so registered
shall forthwith in writing inform the Registration Authority with which he has
been registered and shall forward to the Authority his Certificate of
Registration to be amended, and on receipt of such information the Registration
Authority may in its discretion
(a) cause the entries respecting the person so registered and the Certificate to
be amended or
(b) require the person so registered to renew his application to be registered,
with or without a notice in the form prescribed by section 2 of this Act.
(3)
Upon any application for registration the Registration Authority may charge such
fee not exceeding forty shillings as may be prescribed for such registration,
but shall not be entitled to charge any fee for such amendments as aforesaid.
Grant and extent of Registration Certificates.
5. Upon any application by any person to be registered under this Act -
(1) The Registration Authority shall hear and determine any questions arising
out of such application, including any objections thereto.
(2) The Registration Authority shall have power to require the applicant to
submit to such test as the Investigation Tribunal hereinafter referred to may
require.
(3) The Registration Authority if satisfied that the applicant is a fit and
proper person to be registered under this Act shall cause him to be so
registered, and shall as soon as possible thereafter issue to him a Certificate
of Registration under the hand of a duly authorized Officer of the Registration
Authority. Such Certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall, unless
previously revoked or determined as hereinafter provided, be valid for one year
or for such less period as the Registration Authority shall think fit. Any
document purporting to be such Certificate shall be evidence of the facts to
which it relates.
(4) The Registration Authority shall immediately on the issue of a Certificate
of Registration and on any entry or amendment of an entry in the Register of
Psychic Practitioners being made transmit to the Secretary of State in such
manner as may be prescribed particulars of such registration, entry or
amendment.
Power to require Undertakings.
6. The Registration Authority in granting any such application as aforesaid
shall have power to impose upon any person making such application such
conditions and restrictions and to require from him such undertaking as it shall
think fit; and such conditions undertakings and restrictions shall be entered in
the Register and Certificate as aforesaid.
Refusal and Cancellation of Registration.
7. (1) The Registration Authority may refuse to register any applicant or may
cancel the registration of any psychic practitioner
(a) if such applicant, or such psychic practitioner, as the case may be
(i) fails or refuses to furnish such information as the Registration Authority
in accordance with the regulations to be made hereunder may require, or
(ii) furnishes any incorrect information or fails to correct any incorrect
information previously furnished, or
(iii) fails or refuses to submit to any required test as aforesaid,
(b) if it appears to the Registration Authority that (i) by reason of any report
by the Investigation Authority, or
(ii) by reason of such applicant, or such psychic practitioner having been
convicted in the United Kingdom of an offence his conviction for which
necessarily involved a finding that he acted fraudulently or dishonestly, or
having been convicted of an offence under this Act, or having committed a breach
of any rules or regulations made by the Secretary of State hereunder or of any
condition imposed by any Registration Authority hereunder,
(iii) by reason of any circumstance whatever reflecting discredit upon such
applicant or such psychic practitioner
the applicant or the psychic practitioner as the case may be is not, or is no
longer, a fit or proper person to be registered under this Act.
(2) Any registered psychic practitioner whose registration has been cancelled as
aforesaid shall forthwith deliver up his Certificate to the Registration
Authority which has issued the same.
(3) Particulars of such refusal or cancellation shall forthwith be transmitted
to the Secretary of State in such manner as may be prescribed.
Offences.
8. If any person shall on or after the appointed day
(a) practise for reward as a psychic practitioner without being in possession of
a valid Certificate of Registration under this Act,
(b) act as manager for or representative of or assistant to any unregistered
psychic practitioner practising for reward,
(c) supply false or misleading or incorrect particulars to the Registration
Authority or fail within a reasonable time to inform the Registration Authority
of any change of circumstances or to forward to the Registration Authority his
Certificate in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
(d) apply (except as is hereinafter provided) to be registered as a psychic
practitioner after his registration has been cancelled or while it is suspended,
(e) fail to produce to the Court or the hearing of any charge under this Act his
Certificate (if any) of Registration without reasonable cause, or produce a
false Certificate,
[(f) being a company or firm or association of which any person
whose registration has been cancelled or suspended is a director or manager or
by any other means has control, or is a partner as the case may be, apply to be
registered as a psychic practitioner,]
(g) do any act in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any
regulations made thereunder or of any conditions undertakings or restrictions
imposed by a Registration Authority or cause or permit any premises to be used
in contravention thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
Penalties.
9. (1) Any offence under this Act shall render the person committing the same
liable, on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds or to both such
imprisonment and such fine, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to
both such imprisonment and such fine, and in addition to any other penalty the
Court may in its discretion:
(a) order the Certificate of any registered psychic practitioner to be delivered
up and the registration to be cancelled;
(b) order the Certificate of any registered psychic practitioner to be delivered
up and the registration to be suspended for such a period as the Court may deem
fit;
(c) order the person convicted to pay the whole or, any part of the costs of the
prosecution.
(2) Any person affected by an order made under this section may appeal to a
Court of Quarter Sessions in the manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction
Acts.
(3) An order made under this Act shall not come into force until seven days
after it is made or if an appeal has been entered within that period until the
determination of the appeal.
(4) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a company or association the
chairman and every director and every officer or other person concerned in the
management of the company or association shall be deemed to have committed the
like offence unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took place
without his knowledge.
(5) Proceedings for an offence under this Act shall not in England be instituted
except by or with the consent of the Chief Officer of Police of the police area
in which the offence, or if more than one of such offences, is alleged to have
been committed provided that this subsection shall not prevent the arrest, or
the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of
such offence, or the remanding, in custody or on bail, of any person charged
with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the
institution of proceedings for the offence has not been obtained.
(6) If a justice of the Peace is satisfied by information on oath that there is
reasonable ground for suspecting that, at any such premises as may be specified
in the information, a person has any documents in his possession in
contravention of the provisions of this Act, the justice may grant a warrant
under his hand empowering any constable to enter the premises, if necessary by
force, at any time or times within one month from the date of the warrant, and
to search for, and seize and remove, any documents found therein which he has
reasonable ground for believing to be in the possession of a person in
contravention of this section.
(7) Any document seized under this section may be retained for a period of one
month or, if within that period there are commenced any proceedings for an
offence under this section to which the document is relevant, until the
conclusion of those proceedings.
(8) Where any person is convicted of an offence under this section, the Court
dealing with the case may make an order authorizing the destruction, or the
disposal in any other specified manner, of any documents produced to the Court
which are shown to its satisfaction to be documents in respect of which the
offence was committed:
Provided that an order under this subsection shall not authorize the
destruction, or the disposal in any other manner, of a document, until the
conclusion of the proceedings in the matter of which the order is made.
(9) Subject to the provisions of the last two preceding subsections, the Police
(Property) Act 1897 (which makes provision with respect to the disposal of
property in the possession of the police) shall apply to property which has come
into the possession of the police in consequence of a seizure under this
section, as it applies to property which has come into the possession of the
Police in the circumstances mentioned in that Act.
Cancelled or Suspended Certificates.
(10) (1)
Any registered psychic practitioner whose registration has been ordered to be
cancelled or suspended under the last preceding section shall forthwith deliver
up his Certificate to the Clerk of the Court by which the order has been made,
and the Clerk of the Court shall as soon as the order comes into force endorse
the Certificate with a record of the order for cancellation or suspension, as
the case may be, and shall forward the said Certificate so endorsed to the
Registration Authority by which the said Certificate was issued, and the said
Registration Authority shall thereupon cause entry of such cancellation or
suspension to be made in the Register of Psychic Practitioners, and in the case
of suspension shall, when the period of suspension has expired, return the
Certificate to the psychic practitioner at the address entered on the
Certificate, and in the case of cancellation shall retain the said Certificate.
(2) Where any order as to cancellation or suspension of registration has been
made as aforesaid, the Clerk of the Court shall send notice thereof to the
Secretary of State in the prescribed manner.
(3) Any person whose registration has been cancelled, may after giving notice in
the prescribed manner to the Registration Authority by which his former
Certificate was issued of his intention so to do, apply to the Investigation
Tribunal appointed by the Secretary for State for a recommendation that he be
registered as a psychic practitioner, and the examining body, if satisfied after
the applicant has complied with such test or examination as such Tribunal may
think fit that such person should be registered, may make such recommendation
subject to such conditions as it may think fit:
Provided that no recommendation shall be made under this section unless a period
of at least twelve months has elapsed since the former registration was
cancelled.
(4) Where any such recommendation has been made, the applicant may make
application to be registered as a psychic practitioner to the Registration
Authority and the provisions of Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this Act shall apply to
such application:
Provided that upon such application no further test shall be required by the
Registration Authority.
Penalty for Acting as Assistant, etc.
ii. Any person whose registration as a psychic practitioner has been cancelled
or suspended shall be guilty of an offence under this Act if at any time while
his registration is cancelled or suspended he acts as manager for or
representative of or assistant to any psychic practitioner.
Recognized Bodies.
12. (1) The Secretary of State may by order declare any body of persons to be a
recognized Scientific Body or a recognized university for the purposes of this
Act.
(2) Any order under this Section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order
of the Secretary of State.
(3) It shall be the duty of every recognized Scientific Body and every
recognized university to furnish to the Secretary of State so often as may be
prescribed a list of all persons who are members of such Scientific Body or
university as the case may be, and a further list of all members as may be
qualified to investigate psychic and occult matters.
Investigation Tribunal.
13. (1) For the purposes of this Act there shall be an Investigation Tribunal
consisting of a Chairman who shall be a member of the legal profession appointed
by the Lord Chancellor and four persons who shall be members of
(2) a recognized Scientific Body or a recognized university appointed by the
Secretary of State.
For the purpose of any investigation under this Act the Investigation Tribunal
shall be empowered to determine the time and place at which and the conditions
under which any test required by it shall be held; and shall report the result
of every such investigation in the prescribed manner to the Secretary of State.
(3) The Investigation Authority shall have power to make such recommendations as
it may think fit with regard to the granting, cancellation, suspension or
withholding of any registration.
(4) Where any such investigation has been made in accordance with the
requirements of a Registration Authority, the Investigation Tribunal shall as
soon as possible after such investigation has taken place furnish the
Registration Authority concerned with a copy of any report or recommendation
thereon, and if any person having been required or having applied to submit to
investigation by the Tribunal fails or refuses to submit to any test prescribed
by it, such failure or such refusal shall be reported in the prescribed manner
to the Secretary of State.
Secretary of State to make Rules.
14. The Secretary of State shall make rules for prescribing anything which is
required or authorized to be prescribed under this Act, and generally for
carrying this Act into effect.
Exemption of Registered Medical Practitioners.
15. Nothing in this Act shall affect or apply in relation to bona-fide
psychopathic or hypnotic treatment by any registered practitioner.
Repeal.
16. On the appointed day the Witchcraft Act, 1735, shall so far as it related to
England, Wales and Scotland cease to have effect.
Amendment.
17. On and after the appointed day Section 4 of The Vagrancy Act, 1824 shall so
far as it relates to England, Wales and Scotland ...
Interpretation.
18. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to
say:
'the appointed day' means such day as the Secretary of State may by order
appoint.
'children' and 'young persons' shall have the same meanings as in the Children
and Young Persons Act, 1933.
'Police Area,' 'Chief Officer of Police' as respects the City of London mean the
City and the Commissioner of City Police, and elsewhere have the same meanings
as in the Police Act, 1890.
'prescribed' means prescribed by regulations of the Secretary of State.
'psychic practitioner' includes (i) any medium and (ii) any person who exercises
or professes to exercise psychic or occult or magic powers or who holds himself
out as possessing such powers and (iii) any person who professes or attempts to
communicate with the spirits of deceased or unborn persons or to make such
spirits perceptible by living persons and (iv) any person who professes or
attempts by psychic or occult means to move material objects or to acquire
knowledge of, foretell, or influence future or distant events or to diagnose,
alleviate, cure, inflict or increase bodily or other ailments and (v) any person
who practises or professes to practise mediumship, clairvoyance, crystal gazing,
palmistry, necromancy, conjuration, divination or any other magical psychic or
occult sciences and (vi) any person who professes or attempts to produce either
himself or with or through another or others psychic, magic or occult phenomena.
'recognized scientific body' means a body of persons declared by an order of the
Secretary of State for the time being in force to be a recognized scientific
body.
'recognized university' means a body of persons declared by an order of the
Secretary of State for the time being in force to be a recognized university.
'registered medical practitioner' shall have the same meaning as in the Medical
Acts.
'registered psychic practitioner' means a person registered under this Act.
registration authority' for the purposes of this Act means the Common Council
of the City of London or the Council of a County or County Borough.
Application to Scotland.
19. This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:
(To be considered.)
Short Title, Citation, and Extent.
20. (1) This Act may be cited as the Psychic Practitioners (Regulation) Act,
1939.
(2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
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Psychic Practitioners (Regulation) Act, 1939 |
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Form of Register |
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Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
Column 5 |
Column 6 |
Remarks |
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Name under which the psychic practitioner will
practice. Where the psychic practitioner registered is a firm or
partnership or incorporated Co. this should be stated. |
Either:
(a) the address at which the psychic practitioner will practice, or
(b) a permanent postal address from which letters directed to the P. P.
will be forwarded. |
The true name of the P. P. in full. If the P.
P. is a firm or partnership the names of all the members must be given: if
an incorporated Company the names of all the directors and secretary must
be given. Surname:
Christian name: |
In respect of each person whose name is given
in Col. 3 |
Date of registration and Date of expiration of
certificate. |
Ptrs. of any cancellation or suspension of
registration including the name of Court by which order was made, date on
which order came into force, period of suspension |
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(a)
the address at which he resides |
(b)
his nationality |
(c)
every other name which he is now using or has at any time used or by which
he has been known. |
SECOND SCHEDULE
PSYCHIC PRACTITIONERS (REGULATION) ACT, 1939
Form of Notice of Intention to Register
Notice is hereby given that
.(a)
residing at ..................... (b)
and practising under the name of
..(c)
intends to apply to the ............(d)
for registration under the above Act.
(Date) ................
Particulars of all names used by the above applicant or by which he or she has
at any time been known
.
(a) Here insert the true name of the person or persons making the application
for registration.
(b) Here insert fixed place of residence in Great Britain, if any.
(c) Here insert the name under which the Psychic Practitioner will practise.
This may be omitted in the case of an incorporated Company practising under its
corporate name.
(d) Here insert the designation of the registration authority, viz., County
Council of
. or County Borough Council of
. or Common Council of the City
of London as the case may be.
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Psychic Practitioners (Regulation) Act, 1939 |
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Form of Application for Registration |
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I/We the undersigned, do hereby apply for
registration under the Psychic Practitioners (Regulation) Act, 1939, and
do hereby declare the following particulars to be true and complete
Particular.* |
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Column 3 |
Column 4 |
Column 5 |
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Name under which the psychic practitioner will
practice. Where the psychic practitioner registered is a firm or
partnership or incorporated Co. this should be stated. |
Either:
(a) the address at which the psychic practitioner will practice, or
(b) a permanent postal address from which letters directed to the P. P.
will be forwarded. |
The true name of the P. P. in full. If the P.
P. is a firm or partnership the names of all the members must be given: if
an incorporated Company the names of all the directors and secretary must
be given. Surname:
Christian name: |
In respect of each person whose name is given
in Col. 3 |
Ptrs. of any cancellation or suspension of
registration including the name of Court by which order was made, date on
which order came into force, period of suspension |
(a)
the address at which he resides |
(b)
his nationality |
(c)
every other name which he is now using or has at any time used or by which
he has been known. |
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Psychic Practitioners (Regulation) Act, 1939 |
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Certificate of
Registration |
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Serial No. of Entry of Register
........................ |
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This is to Certify that the Psychic
Practitioner to whom the undermentioned particulars relate has this day
been registered with the Registration authority of the County/County
Borough/City of ........................ |
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Period for which this certificate remains
valid ...................................... |
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Date ...................................... |
Signature of officer in charge of the register
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Particulars |
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Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
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Name under which the psychic
practitioner will practise. Where the psychic practitioner registered is a
firm or partnership or incorporated Co. this should be stated. |
Either:
(a) the address at which the psychic practitioner will practice, or
(b) a permanent postal address from which letters directed to the
P. P. will be forwarded. |
The true name of the P. P. in full. If the P.
P. is a firm or partnership the names of all the members must be given: if
an incorporated Company the names of all the directors and secretary must
be given. Surname:
Christian name:
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In respect of each person whose name is given
in Col. 3 |
(a)
the address at which he resides |
(b)
his nationality |
(c)
every other name which he is now using or has at any time used or by which
he has been known. |
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N. B. If any circumstances occur in
relation to the Psychic Practitioner affecting the accuracy of the above
particulars, it is the duty of the Psychic Practitioner to inform the
registration authority in writing forthwith and to forward this
certificate to the authority for amendment. |
Note:
The article above was taken from Harry Price's "Fifty Years of Psychical
Research" (1939, Longmans, Green & Co.)
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