Acts and Regulations

2011, c.171 - Human Rights Act

Section 7
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Discriminatory notices or signs
7(1)No person shall indicate discrimination or an intention to discriminate against any person or class of persons on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination in a notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation that is
(a) published, displayed or caused to be published or displayed, or
(b) permitted to be published or displayed on lands or premises, in a newspaper, through a television or radio broadcasting station, or by means of any other medium that the person owns or controls.
7(2)Nothing in this section interferes with, restricts or prohibits the free expression of opinions on any subject by speech or in writing.
7(3)Repealed: 2017, c.24, s.7
7(4)The provisions of subsection (1) as to age do not apply to a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference in relation to a person who has not attained the age of majority if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is required or authorized by an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made under that Act.
R.S.1973, c.H-11, s.6; 1976, c.31, s.2; 1985, c.30, s.8; 1992, c.30, s.6; 2004, c.21, s.5; 2012, c.12, s.5; 2017, c.24, s.7
Discriminatory notices or signs
7(1)No person shall
(a) publish, display, or cause to be published or displayed, or
(b) permit to be published or displayed on lands or premises, in a newspaper, through a television or radio broadcasting station, or by means of any other medium that the person owns or controls,
a notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation indicating discrimination or an intention to discriminate against any person or class of persons because of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, place of origin, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sex, social condition or political belief or activity.
7(2)Nothing in this section interferes with, restricts or prohibits the free expression of opinions on any subject by speech or in writing.
7(3)Despite subsection (1), a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference because of sex, social condition, political belief or activity, physical disability, mental disability, marital status or sexual orientation shall be permitted if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is based on a bona fide qualification as determined by the Commission.
7(4)The provisions of subsection (1) as to age do not apply to a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference in relation to a person who has not attained the age of majority if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is required or authorized by an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made under that Act.
R.S.1973, c.H-11, s.6; 1976, c.31, s.2; 1985, c.30, s.8; 1992, c.30, s.6; 2004, c.21, s.5; 2012, c.12, s.5
Discriminatory notices or signs
7(1)No person shall
(a) publish, display, or cause to be published or displayed, or
(b) permit to be published or displayed on lands or premises, in a newspaper, through a television or radio broadcasting station, or by means of any other medium that the person owns or controls,
a notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation indicating discrimination or an intention to discriminate against any person or class of persons because of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, place of origin, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sex, social condition or political belief or activity.
7(2)Nothing in this section interferes with, restricts or prohibits the free expression of opinions on any subject by speech or in writing.
7(3)Despite subsection (1), a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference because of sex, social condition, political belief or activity, physical disability, mental disability, marital status or sexual orientation shall be permitted if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is based on a bona fide qualification as determined by the Commission.
7(4)The provisions of subsection (1) as to age do not apply to a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference in relation to a person who has not attained the age of majority if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is required or authorized by an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made under that Act.
R.S.1973, c.H-11, s.6; 1976, c.31, s.2; 1985, c.30, s.8; 1992, c.30, s.6; 2004, c.21, s.5; 2012, c.12, s.5
Discriminatory notices or signs
7(1)No person shall
(a) publish, display, or cause to be published or displayed, or
(b) permit to be published or displayed on lands or premises, in a newspaper, through a television or radio broadcasting station, or by means of any other medium that the person owns or controls,
a notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation indicating discrimination or an intention to discriminate against any person or class of persons for any purpose because of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, place of origin, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sex, social condition or political belief or activity.
7(2)Nothing in this section interferes with, restricts or prohibits the free expression of opinions on any subject by speech or in writing.
7(3)Despite subsection (1), a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference because of sex, social condition, political belief or activity, physical disability, mental disability, marital status or sexual orientation shall be permitted if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is based on a bona fide qualification as determined by the Commission.
7(4)The provisions of subsection (1) as to age do not apply to a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference in relation to a person who has not attained the age of majority if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is required or authorized by an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made under that Act.
R.S.1973, c.H-11, s.6; 1976, c.31, s.2; 1985, c.30, s.8; 1992, c.30, s.6; 2004, c.21, s.5