Educational Decree Number Thirty-One

"Boys and girls are not permitted to be within 8 inches of each other."

- The Decree.

The Educational Decree Number Thirty-One was one of the Educational Decrees created by Dolores Umbridge, then-Hogwarts High Inquisitor. This Educational Decree forbade male students to get closer than eight inches of female students, and vice-versa. Umbridge rather strictly enforced this decree on at least one occasion, using a non-verbal spell of some form to force two students of opposite gender apart.

This seems to have trumped the Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six, which specified the minimum distance between boys and girls to be six inches.

Behind the scenes

 * As the numbering for this Educational Decree is not consistent with the numbering established in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, it cannot be considered canonical.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
 * Harry Potter Limited Edition