Constitution of Barbados 1966, as amended to 2021
Customary Law
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    (1) Subject to the provisions of this section—
    (a) no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect;

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

    (b) with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
    … (Sec. 23)
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Chapter II on Citizenship.
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Part of Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.

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Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Part of Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.

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Chapter VII on The Judicature.