Act of 1997” ( I P U of 1997), refer to a group of people who are regarded as
indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited
the country, at the time of conquest or colonization, or at the time of inroads
of non-indigenous religions and cultnres, or the establishment of present state
boundaries, who retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and
political institutions, but who may have been displaced from their traditional
domains or who may have resettled outside their ancestral domains;
h. Moro People refers to the collective people belonging to the thirtecn Ethnolinguistic groupings, who are largely of the Islamic faith.
2) MusZims refer to those who are followers of the Islamic Faith, whether from
birth or by conversion.
3) Religious beliefrefers to the strong and profound belief affecting a way of life;
a belief is religious not because a religious group professes that belief, but
because the individual sincerely holds that belief with the strength of
traditional religious views.
4) Accommodation as mentioned herein includes a house, apartment,
condominium, town houses, flat, hotel, motel, boarding house, hostel, and
dorniitories.
SECTION 5. Acts qf Discrimin~ntion.- Discrimination is committed when a
person treats another less favorably on the basis of ethnic origin and/or religions
affiliation or belief than the person treats or would treat another without that attribute, 01’
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 or hisiher agents must not
discriminate against an applicant for a job by refusing employment to the
person or imposing on that person onerous terms and conditions on the basis
of hidher ethnic background and/or religious affiliation or beliefs. Likewise,
an employer or hidher agents shall be liable for discrimination by denying or
limiting access of the employee to opportunities for promolion, 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 and/or religious affiliation or
beliefs.
b.) Discrimination in Education. - A public or private educational institution,
their officers or employees, or any person acting on their behalf shall be liable
for discrimination by refusing, or failing to accept, another for application for
admission as a student or by denying or limiting access of a studen< to any
benefit or privilege provided by said institution, or by expelling the student, or
by snbjecting the student to any other detriment on the basis of ethnic
background and/or religious affiliation or belief.
c.) Discrimination in the Delivery of Goods and Services. - Any person who,
by reason of ethnic backgrorind and/or religious affiliation or belief, shall be
liable for discrimination if the person refuses to provide goods or services to
another, or imposes onerous tenits 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 or her.
d.) Discrimination in Accomrnodaeion. - A person or hisiher agents shall be
liable for discrimination by refusing, or failing to accept or process, the