SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No.13l5 '( 
Introduced by Senator Loren Legarda 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Philippines being a group of islands houses a variety of religious and 
ethnic groups. This diversity, however, gave way to a number of incidences on 
racial and religious discrimination. There exists profiling, a police and 
criminology term that follows the basic sociological science method of 
understanding the complexities of human society by breaking down members of 
a population into groups that share common characteristics. Certain crimes, such 
as terrorism, murder and kidnapping, are deliberately attributed to a religious 
affiliation. Profiling has resulted in stereotyping, causing minority groups to be 
treated unjustly in restaurants, department stores or shopping malls and even in 
employment. An obvious prejw#ce flgainst these groups has sprouted, running 
counter to our country's policy in promoting equality and justice. 
In recognition of the abovementioned problems, the bill seeks to promote 
a society that values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full 
respect for human rights, regardless of race, religion and ethnicity. It therefore 
prohibits religious and racial profiling, effectively penalizing those who commit 
profiling acts enumerated as follows: 
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Subjecting a person to unnecessary, unjustified, illegal and degrading 
search because of his manner of clothing, religion, color, creed or ethnic 
identity; 
Discriminating a person who is applying for a job because of his name, 
religion or ethnic background; 
Disallowing the entry of a person to establishment such as restaurants, 
shopping malls, hotels and similar nature because of his manner of 
clothing, religion, color, creed or ethnic identity; and 
Employing religious characterization as words of religious import in print 
and broadcast media when geographic, political, socio-economic or other 
distinction might be more. accurate. 
The Constitution clearly provides for the freedom of every Filipino to 
religion and racial identity. No Filipino is excluded; even tribes and indigent 
people of ethnic background, as citizens of our country, should be accorded with 
such rights. Through this proposed measure, we· should be able ·to reduce the 


discrimination that causes a different kind of terrorism - the kind that fuels 
hatred, thereby instigating deeper disunity among the people in our country. 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of the bill is earnestly sought. 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. N o.ll5 7 
Introduced by Senator Loren Legarda 
AN ACT 
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PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION, PROFILING, VIOLENCE AND ALL FORMS 
OF INTOLERANCE AGAINST PERSONS BASED ON ETHNICITY, RACE, 
RELIGION OR BELIEF, LANGUAGE, DISABILITY OR OTHER STATUS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title - This act shall be known as the Anti- Religious and Racial Profiling 
Act of 2013. 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared as the policy of the State to 
value the dignity of every human person and to guarantee full respect for human rights 
based on international human rights standard as well as recognize and accommodate 
different ethnic, religious and cultural practices with the intention of fostering unity 
among Filipinos and contributing to our integration as a nation. Towards this end, the 
State shall endeavor to: 
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Value the dignity and equality of every human person and to guarantee full 
respect for human rights and the universality, interdependence, indivisibility and 
interrelatedness of human rights without distinction of any kind, such as 
ethnicity, race, religion or belief, language, disability or other status; 
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Give the highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance 
the right of all people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political 
inequalities and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and 
political power for the common good; 
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Promote just and dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and 
independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through policies 
that provide. adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising 
standard of living and an improved quality of life for all; 
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Maintain peace and order, protect life, liberty an.d property and promote the 
general welfare for the enjqymepJ by all people of the blessings of democracy; 
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Recognize and promote the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the 
framework of national unity and development; 
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Protect and promote freedom of religion and belief, and the practice and 
observance thereof, as well as respect for and promotion of plurality of religious 
and spiritual beliefs, and 
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Promote anti-racial, multicultural and interfaith harmony, dialogue and 
cooperation for peace and development. 
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms -
(1) " Discrimination shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference 
made on the basis of ethnicity, race, religion or belief, disability or other status, which 
has an effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or 
exercise by a person, group of persons or institutions of their human rights and 
fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field, 
especially including, but not limited to, employment, livelihood, housing, education 
and basic services. 
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(2) "Ethnic Origin" includes race, national origin, and ethno-linguistic origin; 
(3) "Indigenous Peoples" shall, as provided under Section 3(h) of Chapter II of RA. No. 
8371 or the Indigenous People'S Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997", refers to a group of people 
or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription by others, who have continuously 
lived as an organized community on communally-bounded and defined territory, and 
who have, under claiins of ownership since time immemorial occupied, possessed, and 
utilized such territories, sharing common bonds of language, customs, traditions, and 
other distinctive cultural traits, or who have, through resistance to political, social, and 
cultural inroads of colonization;' 'no~-indigenous religIons and cultures, became 
historically differentiated from 
the majority of Filipinos. ICCs/IPs shall likewise 
include peoples who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the 
populations which inhabited the country, at the time of conquest or colonizations, or at 
the time of inroads of non-indigenous religions and cultures, 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. 
(4) "Religious belief" includes the freedom of thought, conscience and religion; 
including the freedom to change one's religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in 
community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, 
teaching, practice, worship and observance. 
(5) "Racial and religious profiling" means the practice of relying to any degree, on race, 
ethnicity and religious affiliations, in selecting individuals to subject to routine or 
spontaneous investigatory activities or targeting individuals for suspicion of crime. 
Racial profiling rests on the erroneous assumption that any particular individual of one 
race or ethnicity is more likely to engage in misconduct than any particular individual 
of other races or ethnicities. 
(6) "Religious intolerance" means any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference 
based on religion or belief and' haVing as its purpose or as its effect nullification or 
impairment of the recognition, enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental 
freedoms on an equal basis. This includes practices when a group (e.g. a society, 
religious group, non-religious group) specifically refuses to tolerate practices, persons 
or beliefs on religious grounds (e.g. intolerance in practices) 
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(7) "Etlmic intoleranc~" refers to findings and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an 
etlmic group in various degrees including ethnic hatred, ethnic conflict, discrimination, 
racism and ethnic nationalism. 
(8) "Hate speech" refers to any discrimination of ideas based on notions of superiority 
or racial hatred, incitement to racial discrimination, violence or incitement to such acts. 
(9) "Hate crime" which is committed because of the actual or perceived ethnicity, race, 
religion or belief, language, disability, or other status. 
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"Accommodation" 
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condominium, townhouse, flat, motel, boarding house, hotel and dormitory. 
(11) "Employment" pertains to the existence of an employer-employee relationship, 
which is determined by the four-fold test: 1) selection of the employee; 2) payment of 
wages; 3) power of dismissal; and 4) power of control. This definition shall apply to 
regular, probational, contractual, seasonal, and project-based workers. In legitimate 
contracting or sub-contracting arrangements, the contractor/subcontractor shall be 
deemed the employer of the contractual employee. 
(12) "Education and training" refers to all types and levels of education and training, 
and includes access to education, the standard and quality of education, and the 
conditions under which it is given. . . . 
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(13)"Goods and Services" as app.)i(2d iiherein includes but shall not be limited to 
establishments supplying physical goods and services such as restaurants, resorts, 
hotels, clubs, and shopping malls as well as those providing cleaning, repair, 
maintenance, construction, financial, health, transportation and public utility services .. 
(16) "Profiling" means a practice of relying to any degree on race, color, descent or 
national or ethnic origin and religious belief or affiliation as a basis for subjecting 
persons to investigatory activities or for determining whether an individual is engaged 
in criminal activity. 
SECTION 4. Acts of Discrimination. Violence and Intolerance. Acts of discrimination 
and intolerance are committed when a person treats another less favorably on the basis 
of ethnicity, race, religion or belief, language, disability or other status than the person 
treats or would treat another without that attribute or with a different attribute on the 
same or similar circumstances in employment, education, accommodation and delivery 
of services, to wit. 
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General acts - it shall be unlawful to commit any act of discrimination and 
intolerance based on ethnicity, race, religion or belief, language, disability or 
other status. 
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Acts of Discrimination in Employment - it shall be unlawful for an employer to 
discriminate against a" person on the ground of ethnicity, race or religious 
affiliation or belief. 
a. In the arrangements made by the employer in determining who should be 
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b. In determining who should be hired for employment; or 
c. In the terms and conditions in which the employer offers employment. 
Likewise, it shall be unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an 
employee on the ground of ethnicity, race or religious affiliation or belief: 
1. In the terms or conditions of employment which the employer affords the 
employee; 
2. By denying the employee access or limiting the employee's access to, 
opportunities for promotion, transfer or training, or to any other benefits 
associated with employment; or 
3. By dismissing the employee or subjecting the employee to any other 
detriment. 
Acts of Discrimination in Education - it shall be unlawful for an educational 
institution, both public and private, along with their officers and employees, 
to discriminate against a person on the ground of ethnicity, race or religious 
affiliation or belief: 
a. By unduly delaying, refusing or failing to accept a person's applications for 
admission as a student; or 
b. By providing onerous or unjust terms and conditions for admission of a 
person as a student; or 
c. By subjecting the person to any other detriment on the basis of ethnic 
background and/ or religious affiliation or belief. 
It is likewise unlawfpl. f~r an educational institution, both public and 
private, along with their officers and employees, to discriminate against a 
student on the ground of ethnicity, race or religious affiliation or belief. 
1. By denying the student access or limiting the student's access to any 
benefit provided by the educational institution, or 
2. By expelling the student or subjecting the student to any other 
detriment; 
Acts of Discrimination in the Delivery of Goods and Services - it shall be 
unlawful for a person, whether as principal or agent, to discriminate against 
another person on the ground of ethnicity, race, religious affiliation or belief; 
a. By refusing to provide goods and services to another; 
b. By imposing onerous terms on which goods or services are provided; or 
c. By subjecting another to any detriment in connection with the provision of 
goods or services. 
Acts of Discrimination in Accommodation - It is unlawful for a person, whether 
as principal or agent, to discriminate against another person on the ground of 
etlmicity, race or religious affiliation or belief; 
a. By refusing the person's application for accommodation; 
b. In the terms and conditions imposed on the other person's accommodation; 
c. By deferring the person's -application for accommodation or according the 
person a lower order of preference in any list of applicants for 
accommodation; 
d. By denying access or limiting access to any benefit associated with the 
accommodation occupied by the person; 
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e. To refuse, deny a person or group of persons entrance or service in any 
establishment such as restaurants, hotels, shopping malls and other places of 
similar nature and public commercial transactions solely because of color, 
race, ethnicity, nationality or because such person or persons is/ are attired in 
clothing or carries/wears symbols or accessories associated with religious 
affiliation or belief; and 
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By evicting the person or subjecting the person to any detriment. 
Acts of Racial, Religious and Belief Profiling - it shall be unlawful to commit 
racial and religious profiling including to subject a person to unnecessary, 
unjustified, illegal and degrading routine or spontaneous search, arrest and 
detention, questioning and other investigative activity because of one's 
ethnicity, race or religious affiliation or belief. 
To disallow a person or group of persons from entering any establishment such 
as restaurants, hotels, shopping malls, and other places of similar nature or to 
subject one to discrimination or harassment in buses, taxis, ships, airplanes, 
solely because he happens to don an attire based on ethnicity, race, religion or 
belief, language, disability and other status. 
Organizing groups and activities which promote and incite discrimination based 
on ethnicity, race, religion or belief, language, disability or other status. 
Discriminatory, inciting and hate speech - It shall be illegal to make statements 
in print, broadcast and social based on race, religion, ethnicity or nationality 
that: 
1. Ridicule a person or group of person/ persons: 
2. Insinuate or state inferiority or superiority of a person or group of person/ s: 
3. Incite to racial discriminations; or 
4. State or insinuate that a person or group of persons shall be subject to hatred 
or violence. 
Factual description of actual practices, absent malice or intent to incite hatred or 
violence, shall not on its own be considered an act violating this law. 
It is encouraged to avoid adjectives of religion, race, nationality or ethnicity, 
when not relevant or where descriptions of geographic, political or socio-
economic distinctions are more accurate. 
When the discriminatory, inciting or hateful communications have been 
produced, published or distributed by a media organization, a corporation or a 
large organization with substantial membership, reach and resources, the 
responsibility and liability is larger than when produced and distributed by an 
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Discriminatory attacks - it shall be illegal to commit attacks on any person or 
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Discrimination in political and civil life. It shall be unlawful to deny, prevent or 
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deprive a person or group of persons from enjoying their right to participate 
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equally in political and civic life where qualified and not disqualified by law; 
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Discrimination in cultural and social life. It shall be unlawful to deny, prevent or 
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deprive a person or group of persons from participation in the social and 
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cultural life of one's ethnic; racial, cultural or religious community, and 
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Any analogous act which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the 
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recognition, enjoyment, or exercise of the person's human rights and 
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fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, and civil 
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spheres on the basis of ethnic or racial background. and/ or religious 
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SEC. 5. Racial Profiling. It shall be illegal to subject a person to unnecessary, 
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unjustified, illegal, and degrading search, questioning or other investigative activity 
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solely beca~se ?f. his race, color, ethn~~i!\y, nationality, or religious affiliation or belief, 
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The government shall take the nece '. ~h steps to prevent questioning, arrests and 
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deprivation of liberty, searches and det 'rmination of guilt in criminal activity which are 
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in reality based solely on the physical appearance of a person, that person's color or 
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features or membership of a racial or ethnic group, or any profiling which exposes him 
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(a) To subject a person to unnecessary, unjustified, illegal and degrading search because 
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discrimination or harassment in relation to other passengers in buses, taxis, ship or 
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airplanes because he happens to don a peculiar attire such as wearing of veil, turban 
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or company, who commits discrimination or profiling against any per-son on account of 
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ethnicity, race, religion or belief, language, disability or other status, as provided for 
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to commit acts of discrimination or profiling against any person on account of ethnicity, 
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race, religion or belief, language, disability or other status shall also be principally liable 
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For acts of violence, intimidation or coercion as prohibited under this Act. - Any person 
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who participated in conspiracy to commit such attacks shall be liable as principal under 
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intelligence organization are involved, their immediate superiors and other superior 
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officers in direct control and in the direct line administrative command of the act, 
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operation, and unit/ s of the involved officers, personnel and agents are also liable as 
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All persons shall have equal rights in matters of marriage, adoption, tax exemption, 
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during hospitalization, death and burial benefits, immigration, succession, custody and 
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other related matters without distinction or restriction based on one's ethnicity,' race, 
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social security and health care benefits, health/life insurance benefits, next of kin 
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during hospitalization, death and budal benefits, immigration, succession, custody and 
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other related matters without distinction or restriction based on one's ethnicity, race, 
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religion or belief, language, disability or other status shall be repealed within three (3) 
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status shall be conducted in communities, schools and places of employment. 
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SEC. 9. Equal Opportunity. - It shall be the duty of every person, natural or juridical, 
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public or private, to ensure that there is equal opportunity for all persons in relation to 
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goods and services, shall issue an equal opportunity policy, including the creation of an 
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Equal Opportunity Committee, as prq>vided in the following section. Failure to do so 
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Act, agencies, corporations, companies and educational institutions, whether private or 
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public, shall create an Equal Opportunity Committee which shall have administrative 
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jurisdiction over cases involving discrimination under this Act. Administrative 
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sanctions shall not be a bar to any prosecution in the proper courts for any act of 
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discrimination committed under this Act or to any civil claims for damages by said act. 
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vulnerable and marginalized ethnic, racial, religious and cultural communities. 
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good and public purposes, practices that affect the ability to participate of a significant 
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by Sections 4 and 5 of this Act shall be civilly liable for actual, moral, punitive and other 
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brought shall, on petition or motu propio, also determine appropriate measures for 
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restitution, reparation and compensation to victims. 
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b. For the second violation, reprimand on record and a fine of not less than ten 
thousand pesos (PI0,000.00) nor more than ninety thousand pesos (P90,000.00), taking 
into consideration the circumstances and gravity of the offense. When the circumstances 
and gravity of the offense justify imprisonment; the court may also impose a penalty of 
imprisonment for a period of not less than ten (10) days to not more than one (1) year in 
addition to or in alternative to monetary fine; 
c. For the third and further violations, imprisonment of not less than sixty (60) days to 
not more than five (5) years and/ or a fine of not less than fifty thousand (P50,000.00) 
nor more than two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00), taking into consideration the 
circumstances, gravity of the offense, and repetitive behavior of the person/ s liable. 
Any person liable under Section 4 (11) shall be penalized with: 
a) If no serious physical injuries or death have resulted - imprisonment for a period of 
not less than sixty (60) days to not more than twenty-five (25) years and/ or a fine of not 
less than ten thousand (PIO,OOO.OO) nor more than three hundred thousand pesos 
(P300,000.00), taking into consideration the circumstances and gravity of the offense; 
b) If serious physical injuries and/ or death have resulted - imprisonment for a period 
of not less than twelve (12) years to not more than thirty (30) days and/ or fine of not 
less than fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) nor more than five hundred thousand pesos 
(P500,000.00), taking into consideration the circumstances and gravity of the offense. 
For violations of Section 4 (10) of this Act: 
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There shall be imposed a fine between fifteen-thousand (P15,000.00) to fifty-thousand 
(P50,000), in addition to the civil action which may be brought by the offended party, 
taking into consideration the circumstances, gravity of the offense, and repetitive 
behavior of the person/ s liable. 
For violations of Section 5 Racial Profiling, the following shall be imposed: 
(a) for the first violation, reprimand on the record and a fine of not less than seven 
thousand pesos (P7,000) nor more than fifteen thousand pesos (PIS,OOO.OO), taking into 
consideration the circumstances and gravity of the offense. 
(b) for the second violation, imprisonment for a period of not less than twenty (20) days 
to not more than one (1) year and/ or a fine of not less than fifteen thousand pesos 
(P15,OOD) nor more than one hundred thousand pesos (PlOO,OOO.OO), taking into 
consideration the circumstances and gravity of the offense 
(c) for the third and further violations, imprisonment of not less than seventy (70) days 
to not more than seven (7) years and/. or a fine of not less than fifty thousand pesos 
(PSO,OOO) nor more than two hundred-fifty thousand pesos (P250,000.00), taking into 
consideration the circumstances, gravity of the offense, and repetitive behavior of the 
person/ s liable." 
In all the penalties prescribed under this Act, the following shall constitute aggravating 
circumstances in the application of the penalties provided under this Act: 
1. When act is committed in performance of official/public functions; 
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2. When act is committed making use of or abusing officialj government authority, 
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access, resources and discretion; 
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3. If goods/ services are denied at a time of urgent need for human life/ safety to 
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prevent human injury or death; and 
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4. When the discriminatory. act has been committed by a corporation, a duly-. 
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accredited school, or a large organization with substantial membership, reach 
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and resources, the responsibility and liability is larger than when committed by 
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an individual or small group. 
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This liability is without prejudice to any applicable criminal action that may be 
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instituted under the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (RA 8371) or the Revised Penal 
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Code (Act No. 3815); including but not limited to the acts of violence as defined in RA. 
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Nos. 9262, 7610, 8353, 9208, 7877, 9995 and 9775 any administrative action or 
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disciplinary measures under Civil Service rules or any civil action for damages under 
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the Civil Code. 
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SEC. 14. Duty of the Commission on Ruman Rights (CRR) and other Government 
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Bodies and Agencies. - It shall be the duty of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), 
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in coordination with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the National 
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Commission on Muslim Filipinos to prevent or deter the commission of acts of 
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discrimination and to provide the procedures for the resolution, settlement or 
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prosecution of acts of discrimination. 
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Towards this end, the CHR shall: 
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(a) Protect and promote the economic, social and cultural rights; 
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(b) Promulgate appropriate rul~.s Clnd regulations prescribing the composition and 
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details of the equal Opportunity Committee as well as the procedure for the 
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investigation of discrimination cases against citizens falling under their 
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jurisdiction and the administrative sanctions therefore; 
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(c) With the assistance of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Civil 
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Service Commission (CSC), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on 
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Higher Education (CHED) and other relevant agencies to oversee and assist in 
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the creation of equal opportunity committees in different agencies, corporations, 
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companies and educational institutions, whether private or public and monitor 
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their work; and 
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(d) ReqUire and supervise the agencies, corporations, companies and educational 
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institutions, whether private and public, in the implementation of this Act. 
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It shall be the duty of the DOLE, CSC, DepEd, CHED, Department of Health (DOH), 
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Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other relevant agencies as identified by 
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the CHR, including independent government bodies to: 
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(a) Ensure creation of equal opportunity committees in different agencies, corporations, 
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companies and educational institutions, whether private or public and monitor their 
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work and report to the CHR; 
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(b) Ensure the compliance of the agencies, corporations, companies and other entities 
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and educational institutions, whether private or public, with the provisions of this act. 
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SEC. 15. Separability Clause. - If any portion of this Act is declared void or 
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unconstitutional, the remaining portions hereof shall not be affected by such 
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declaration. 
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SEC. 16. Repealing Clause. - Any provision of law or regulations inconsistent herewith 
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is hereby repealed, revoked or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 17. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
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two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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