1 Failure to do so shall be deemed refusal to address discrimination, and shall be 2 penalized as an analogous act of discrimination. 3 SEC. 8. Equal 0ppol'tultif:1} Committees. - In order to ensure the compliance 4 of this Act, agencies, corporations, companies and educational institntions, whether 5 private or public, shall create an Equal Opportunity COll'unittee which shall have 6 administrative jurisdiction over cases involving discrimination under this Act. 7 Administrative sanctions shall not be a bar to any prosecution in the proper courts 8 for any act of discrimination committed under this Act or to any civil claims for 9 damages by said act. 10 SEC. 9. Pellal Clause. - Any person liable under this Act shall be penalized 11 with imprisonment for a period of not less than thirty (30) days to not more than one 12 (1) year and! 01' a fine of not less than ten thousand pesos (P10,000) nor more than 13 one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000), taking into consideration the circumstances 14 and gravity of the offense. 15 criminal action that may be instituted under the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (RA 16 8371) or the Revised Penal Code (Act No. 3815); any administTative action or 17 disciplinary meastll'es under Civil Service rules or any civil action for damages 18 under the Civil Code. 19 This liability is without prejudice to any applicable SEC. 10. Dttf:1} of the C011lmission 011 Ruman Rights (CRR). - It shall be the 20 duty of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), in coordination with the National 21 Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the National Commission on MU51im 22 Filipinos to prevent or deter the commission of acts of discl'imination and to provide 23 the procedures for the resolution, settlement or prosecution of acts of discrimination. 24 Towards this end, the CHR shall: 8