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(2) "Moro people" refers to the indigenous people who have historically inhabited
Mindanao, Palawan and Sulu, and who are largely of the Islamic faith.
(b) "Muslims" refers to those who are followers of the Islamic faith, whether from birth or by
conversion.
(c) "Religious belief" means holding or not holding a religious belief or view and engaging in,
not engaging in or refusing to engage in a religious activity.
(d)" Accommodation," as mentioned herein, includes a house, apartment, condominium,
townhouse, flat, hotel, motel, boarding house, hostel and dormitory.
SEC. 5. Acts of Discrimination. Discrimination is committed when a person treats
another less favorably on the basis of ethnic origin and/ or religious affiliation or belief than the
person treats or would treat another without that attribute, or with a different attribute, on the
same or similar circumstances in employment, education, housing and delivery of basic
services, to wit:
(a) Discrimination in Employment. - An employer 01' his agents must not discriminate against
an applicant for a job by refusing employment to the person or by imposing on that person
onerous terms and conditions on the basis of his ethnic background and/ or religious affiliation
or beliefs. Likewise, an employer or his agents shall be liable for discrimination by denying or
limiting access of the employee to opportunities for promotion, transfer or training, or to any
other benefits connected with the employment or by dismissing the employee, or by subjecting
the employee to any other detriment on the basis of ethnic background andor religious
affiliation or beliefs;
(b) Discrimination in Education - A public or private educational institution, their officers or
employees, 01' any person acting on their behalf shall be liable for discrimination by refusing, or
failing to accept, another for application for admission as a stndent or by denying or limiting
access of a stndent to any benefit or privilege provided by the said institntion, or by expelling
the stndent, or by subjecting the stndent to any other detriment on the basis of ethnic
background and/or religious affiliation or beliefs;
(c) Discrimination in the Delivery of Goods and Services - Any person who, by reason of ethnic
background and/ or religiOUS affiliation or belief, shall be liable for discrimination if he refuses
to provide goods or services to another; or imposes onerous terms on which goods or services
are provided; or subjects another to any other detriment in connection with the provision of
goods or services to him;
(d) Discrimination in Accommodation - A person or his agents shall be liable for discrimination
by refusing, 01' failing to accept 01' process the application for accommodation of another by
providing onerous terms and conditions not similar to other applicants, or by subjecting
another to any other detriment in connection with the provision of accommodation to that
person on the basis of ethnic background and/ or religious beliefs; and
(e) Any other analogous act which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the
recognition, enjoyment 01' exercise of the person's human rights and fundamental freedoms in
the political, economic, social, cultnral and civil spheres on the basis of etlmic background
and/ or religious beliefs.
SEC. 6. Persons Liable. Any person, natnral or juridical, including any government or
private corporation, institution or company, who commits discrimination against any person on
account of ethnic origin and/ or religious affiliations or beliefs, as provided for above, shall be
liable under this Act.
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