"Occulus Repairo!" charm by Hermione

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 88559

Lisa wrote:

I was just curious, she does this charm twice out of school (once on 
the train in the first book and again in Diagon Alley in the second 
book) and she never gets in trouble from the ministry of magic for 
it. Anyone have a clue as to why not? I thought all magic is banned 
from use outside of school grounds (if you're a student of course).
 
I'm guessing because it's not a charm that hurts anyone and is quite 
minor... but that's just my guess.

Berit replies:

Well, come to think of it; Hogwarts students are doing a lot of magic 
outside of school grounds; how many times haven't we seen Harry 
w/friends and Draco w/friends jinxing and hexing each other on the 
train? No reference to any Ministry officials swooping down on them 
on these occasions. And remember Ron attempting to turn Scabbers 
yellow? And let's not forget Ginny cleaning up their robes with a 
charm after Neville squirted them all with Stinksap from his 
Mimbletonia plant. That was all happening on the Hogwarts train, 
Also, I thought that Hermione fixed Harry's broken glasses in Diagon 
Alley once, or is that movie contamination? To me it seems that 
the "no magic rule" does not apply to the Hogwarts express and Diagon 
Alley which are places within the magical world. But once out in the 
muggle world, the underage students have to restrain themselves. It 
makes sense, as the reason why the students are not allowed to do 
magic during the summer holiday is probably to lessen the risk of 
muggles observing magic being done. 

Berit
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