Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five

"The High Inquisitor will henceforth have supreme authority over all punishments, sanctions and removal of privileges pertaining to the students of Hogwarts, and the power to alter such punishments, sanctions and removals of privileges as may have been placed by other staff members."

- The Decree

The Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five was one of the Educational Decrees created by Cornelius Fudge. It gave supreme authority over all punishments to the High Inquisitor.

Creation
The Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five was passed by Minister Cornelius Fudge on November 2 1995 to give Dolores Umbridge more authority over the punishments than the rest of the staff, including Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster. It was made in response to Dumbledore and McGonagall's decision to reform the Gryffindor Quidditch team after the Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four was passed, despite Umbridge strongly disaproved of it.

Abolishment
The decree was abolished after Dolores Umbridge's suspension from her post of High Inquisitor and Albus Dumbledore return to his post of Headmaster following the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, in the summer of 1996.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix