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CANADIAN HUMAN
RIGHTS ACT

(RSC 1985 cH-6)

    Note - The Revised Statutes 1985 came into force on December 12,1988. Only sections pertaining to Prisons and Reformatories are reproduced.

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An Act to extend the present laws in Canada that
proscribe discrimination


SHORT TITLE
 
1. Short title - This Act may be cited as the Canadian Human Rights Act.
1976-77, c. 33, s. 1.
 
PURPOSE OF ACT
 
2. Purpose - The purpose of this Act is to extend the laws in Canada to give effect, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted.
R.S., 1985, c. H-6, s. 2; 1996, c. 14, s. 1; 1998, c. 9, s. 9.
 
PART I
PROSCRIBED DISCRIMINATION
 
General
 
3. (1) Prohibited grounds of discrimination - For all purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability and conviction for which a pardon has been granted.
 
                 
 
R.S., 1985, c. H-6, s. 3; 1996, c. 14, s. 2.
 
                 
 
PART IV
APPLICATION
 
66. (1) Binding on Her Majesty - This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada, except in matters respecting the Government of the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.
     (2) Commencement - This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada, except in matters respecting the Government of the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.
     (3) Idem - The exception referred to in subsection (1) shall come into operation in respect of the Government of the Northwest Territories on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
     (4) Idem - The exception referred to in subsection (1) shall come into operation in respect of the Government of Nunavut on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
R.S., 1985, c. H-6, s. 66; 1993, c. 28, s. 78.
 
67. Saving - Nothing in this Act affects any provision of the Indian Act or any provision made under or pursuant to that Act.
1976-77, c. 33, s. 63.
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