In Harry Potter the Chamber of Secrets, Hermione casts a spell to repair Harry's glasses. She also does the same in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. According to Magic Law, underage wizards are not allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts. We also saw that Harry gets punishment for doing the same. Then why does Hermione not get any kind of punishment for casting magic outside Hogwarts?
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Asked and (sorta) answered on another stack; How strict is the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery?– user7812Apr 29, 2016 at 9:32
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Asked and (sorta) answered on another stack How come Hermione tried spells before boarding the Hogwarts Express?– user7812Apr 29, 2016 at 9:33
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There's a choice of possibilities... According to Dumbledore, the Ministry of Magic can detect when magic has been done near an underage wizard, but not who actually performed it. So on a train full of underage wizards it's perhaps just too difficult to enforce the rule.
More likely, the Hogwarts Express is deemed an extension of school property, so it's except from the rule. The rule is mainly there to protect the secrecy of the wizarding world anyway, and once you're on the Hogwarts Express the secret is pretty much already out.
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And she does it in Diagon Alley in Chamber, where obviously magic will be performed around underaged wizards all the time.– BMWurmDec 30, 2017 at 12:51
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The weirder thing is that she breaks the rules at all, especially early on Nov 13, 2019 at 14:33