Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas 1973
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
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    1. Subject to the provision of paragraph (4), (5) and (9) of this Article no law shall make any provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.

    3. In this Article, the expression "discriminatory" means affording different treatment to different person attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin political opinions colour or creed whereby person of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which person of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
    4. Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-

    d. whereby persons of any such description as is mentioned in paragraph (3) for this Article may be subjected to any disability or restriction or may be accorded any privilege or advantage which having regard to its nature and to special circumstances pertaining to those persons or to persons of any other such description, is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society;
    … (Art. 26)
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2
Statute Law of the Bahama Islands. No. 25 of 1967.
3
Chapter II on Citizenship.
4
Part of Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
5
Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.