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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER 1

DEFINITIONS, OBJECTS, INTERPRETATION, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION OF ACT

1. Definitions

2. Objects of Act

3. Interpretation of Act

4. Guiding principles

5. Application of Act

CHAPTER 2

PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND ELIMINATION OF UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION, HATE

SPEECH AND HARASSMENT

6. Prevention and general prohibition of unfair discrimination

7. Prohibition of unfair discrimination on ground of race

8. Prohibition of unfair discrimination on ground of gender

9. Prohibition of unfair discrimination on ground of disability

10. Prohibition of hate speech

11. Prohibition of harassment

12. Prohibition of dissemination and publication of unfair discriminatory information that unfairly discriminates

CHAPTER 3

BURDEN OF PROOF AND DETERMINATION OF FAIRNESS OR UNFAIRNESS

13. Burden of proof

14. Determination of fairness or unfairness

15. Hate speech and harassment not subject to determination of fairness

CHAPTER 4

EQUALITY COURTS

16. Equality courts and presiding officers

17. Clerks of equality courts

18. Witnesses

19. Rules and court proceedings

20. Institution of proceedings in terms of or under Act

21. Powers and functions of equality court

22. Assessors

23. Appeals and reviews

CHAPTER 5

PROMOTION OF EQUALITY

24. General responsibility to promote equality

25. Duty of State to promote equality

26. Responsibility of persons operating in public domain to promote equality

27. Social commitment by all persons to promote equality

28. Special measures to promote equality with regard to race, gender and disability

29. Illustrative list of unfair practices in certain sectors

CHAPTER 6

GENERAL PROVISIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT

30. Regulations

31. Implementation of Act

CHAPTER 7

REVIEW OF ACT, SHORT TITLE

32. Establishment of Equality Review Committee

33. Powers, functions and term of office of Equality Review Committee

34. Directive principle on HIV/AIDS, nationality, socio-economic status and family responsibility and status

35. Short title

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