1 c.) Religion. - refers to any organized fonn of belief or worship. 2 d.) Ethnic Origin. -refers or relates the classification of people based on common racial, 3 national, tribal, religiOlis, linguistic, or cultural origin or background 4 SEC. 4. 5 a.) Prohibited Acts. The following shall be prohibited under this Act: Discriminatory Treatment. - It shall be unlawful for any person to treat another 6 person differently or less favourably on account of any stereotypes associated with that person's 7 religion or ethnic origin in media, employment, education, delivery of basic goods and services 8 and other analogous circumstances, where the person treated as such is discriminated against on 9 account of his or her religion or ethnic origin. lOb.) Religious or Ethnic Stereotyping or Profiling. - It shall be unlawful for any person to 11 single-out or profile a person or class of persons based solely on account of religion or ethnic 12 origin, such that it shall be made to appear that any act committed or any attitude taken by such 13 person or class of persons is bome solely on account ofhis/her/their religion or ethnicity. 14 SEC. 5. Penalty. - Any person, whether real or juridical, who after due hearing shall 15 be found to have committed the acts described in the immediately preceding Section shall be held 16 guilty of violating this Act and shall be meted the following: 17 18 19 a.) First Offence - A fine not lower than Thirty Thousand Pesos, (PhP 30,000.00) but not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP 100,000.00) at the discretion of the Court; b.) Succeeding Offences - Any person who having already been convicted of violating 20 this Act shall be found to have committed another, separate violation thereof, shall after due 21 hearing and conviction be made to suffer a fine not lower than Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP 22 200,000.00) but not exceeding Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP 500,000.00); OR imprisoument 23 for a term of at least Thirty (30) Days but not exceeding Six (6) Months; OR both such fine and 24 imprisonment at the discretion of the Court, as the case may be. 25 SEC. 5. Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 26 unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 27 valid and subsisting 28 29 30 SEC. 6. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its publication in at least two newspapers of national circulation. Approved, 31 2