Revisitng The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 47478

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "vincentjh" <vincentjh at y...> wrote:
[snip] 
> 
> If Ron's memory can be trusted, underage wizards are allowed to use 
> magic in emergency. The situation during the QWC should qualify as 
> such.
> 
> "...underage wizards are allowed to use magic if it's a real 
> emergency, section nineteen or something of the Restriction of 
> Thingy" (CoS, US paperback p. 69) 
> 
> BTW, isn't it a bit unusual for a 12-year-old to memorize something 
> like that? This isn't the only time Ron recalls a decree or a case, 
> but IIRC he's not particularly good at history. Odd.
> 
> VJH

His dad works Ministry of Magic.  Perhaps all the Weasley kids were 
made to memorise anything that related to them that could get Arthur 
in trouble if they didn't follow it?

--Indigo