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Constitution of the Republic of Singapore 1963, as amended to 2023
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) All persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law.
(2) Except as expressly authorised by this Constitution, there shall be no discrimination against citizens of Singapore on the ground only of religion, race, descent or place of birth in any law or in the appointment to any office or employment under a public authority or in the administration of any law relating to the acquisition, holding or disposition of property or the establishing or carrying on of any trade, business, profession, vocation or employment.
(3) This Article does not invalidate or prohibit —
(a) any provision regulating personal law; or
(b) any provision or practice restricting office or employment connected with the affairs of any religion, or of an institution managed by a group professing any religion, to persons professing that religion. (Art. 12)
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Part 4 on Fundamental Liberties.
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Presidential Council for Minority Rights established under Art. 69. Refer to Art. 68.
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4- Presidential Council for Minority Rights established under Art. 69.
5- Refer to Art. 68: “In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires- …“differentiating measure” means any measure which is, or is likely in its practical application to be, disadvantageous to persons of any racial or religious community and not equally disadvantageous to persons of other such communities, either directly by prejudicing persons of that community or indirectly by giving advantage to persons of another community; …”
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Part 4 on Fundamental Liberties.