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Your Constitutional Rights


Equality
[ Publication date Jan 01, 2001 ]

"All persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law.….., 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."Article 12 of the Constitution

Under this Article, all persons (whether citizens or non-citizens) are to be treated equally in the eyes of the law.

As a citizen of Singapore, you cannot be discriminated against on the ground only of religion, race, decent or place of birth in:-

  1. any law;
  2. any job in the public sector;
  3. the administration of any law relating to property rights; and
  4. the administration of any law relating to doing business, carrying out a profession or in employment.
The Constitution allows for differences where:-
  1. personal law is involved (ie laws or rules that you accept because of your personal beliefs or religion); and
  2. religious organisations are involved.
What this Article leaves unclear is whether discrimination by sex or age is allowed.
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