Constitution of Jamaica 1962, as amended to 2023
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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    2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
    a. this Chapter4 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
    b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
    3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-

    g. the right to equality before the law;

    i. the right to freedom from discrimination on the ground of-
    i. being male or female;
    ii. race, place of origin, social class, colour, religion or political opinions;
    … (Sec. 13)
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