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07/09/2013
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Agency of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - A new law passed in the state of Rio de Janeiro prohibits any kind of discrimination committed by a legal person because of race, color, ethnicity, religion or national origin. Punishments range from warning to revocation of business license. State Law 6.483/13 was enacted by Governor Sérgio Cabral and published in the Official State Gazette yesterday (5).
According to Mr Gilberto Palmares (PT), author of the bill, the measure will help to discipline society and will be applied to different cases of discrimination. "The law helps regulate the article that the state constitution has it prohibits any kind of discrimination, not only the color that is the most common, but discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. People who commit bias may suffer punishment. It aims to discipline, "he said.
The discriminatory act shall be determined in an administrative proceeding initiated from complaints from offended to be referred to the police authority. "The point that I see as a positive, is that both the individual and the person may suffer legal sanctions that imply warnings and fines, but the corporation may have the revocation of business license. Have bus companies that block the entry of people, as well as have a club that does not let the nanny go if it is not uniform, but the club has no right to veto the entry of her. This is an act of discrimination, "said Palmares.
Editing: Fabio Massalli
Source: Agency Brazil
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