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 Opportunitl} Committees. - In order to ensure the compliance 4 of this Act, agencies, corporations, companies and educational institutions, whether 5 private or public, shall create an Equal Opportunity Committee which shall have 6 administrative jurisdiction over cases involving discrimination under this Act. 7 Admhlist-rative sanctions shall not be a bar to any prosecution in tile 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. Penal Clause. - Any person liable under this Act shall be penalized 11 with imprisomnent for a period of not less than thirty (30) days to not more than one 12 (1) year and/ or a fine of not less Ulan ten thousand pesos (P10,000) nor more than 13 one hundred tilOusand pesos (PIOO,OOO), taking into consideration the circumstances 14 and gt'avity 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 administrative action or 17 disciplinary measures under Civil Service rules or any civil action for damages 18 under the Civil Code. This liability is without prejudice to any applicable 19 SEC. 10. Dutl} of tIle Commission on Human Rights (CHR). - It shall be the 20 duty of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), in coordination with the National 21 CommissiOl' on Indigenous Peoples and the National Commission on Mmlim 22 Filipinos to prevent or deter the commission of acts of discd=inahon and to provide 23 the procedures for the resolution, settlement or prosecution of acts of discrimination. 24 Towards this end, the CUR shall: 8