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 belief. e.) Any other analogous act which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise of the person’s human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil spheres, on the basis of ethnic background or religions belief. SECTION 6. Persons Liable. - Any person, natural or juridical, including any government or private corporation, institution or company, who commits discrimination against any person on account of ethnic origin andor religious affiliations or beliefs, as provided for above, shall be liable under this act. Any person who requests, instructs, induces, encourages, authorizes or assists another person to commit acts of discrimination shall also be liable under this Act. Likewise, a person who is duty-bound to act on complaints for discrimination under this Act but fails or refuses to do so, shall be deemed to have sanctioned the discriminatory act, and shall consequently be held equally liable for discrimination. SECTION 7. Equal Opportunity - It shall be the duty of every person, natural or juridical, public or private, to ensure that there is equal opportunity for all persons in relating to actual or prospective employees, students, tenants, customers or clients, and that no discriminatory acts, as defined herein is committed by them or their agents in the areas of employment, housing, education, and delivery of basic goods and services. For this purpose, every agency, corporation, company, and educational institution, as well as any other person providing employment, housing, education, and delivery of basic goods and services, shall issue an equal opportunity policy, including the creation of an Equal Opportunity Committee, as provided in the next section. Failure to do so shall be deemed refusal to address discrimination, and shall be penalized as an act of discrimination. SECTION 8. Equal Opportunity Committees. - In order to insure the compliance of this Act, agencies, corporations, companies and educational institutions, whether private or public, shall create an Equal Opportunity Committee which shall have administrative jurisdiction over cases involving discrimination under this Act. The committee shall be tasked, among others, to conduct the investigation of alleged cases constituting discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin and/or religious affiliation or beliefs. Administrative sanctions shall not be a bar to any prosecution in the proper courts of any act of discrimination committed on the basis of ethnic origin and/or religious affiliation or beliefs, or to any civil claims for damages caused by said act. SECTION 9. Penal Clause. - Any person liable under this Act shall be penalized by imprisonment for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than six months and/or a fine of not less than ten thousand pesos nor more than one hundred thousand pesos, taking into consideration the circumstances and gravity of the offense. SECTION 10. Duty of the Office on Muslim Affairs and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples. - It shall be the duty of the Office on Muslim Affairs (OMA) and National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) to prevent or deter the commission of acts of discrimination and to provide the procedures for the resolution, settlement or prosecution of acts of discrimination. Towards this end, OMA and NCIP shall: 3