Section 18: Discrimination not to be made

1) No discrimination shall be made in the application of general law on grounds of origin, religion, color, caste, race, sex, physical condition, disability, condition of health, marital status, pregnancy, economic condition, language, region, ideological conviction, or on any similar other ground.

2) No person shall discriminate in any public and private place on grounds of origin, religion, color, caste, race, sex, physical condition, disability, condition of health, marital status, pregnancy, economic condition, language, region, ideological conviction, or on any similar other ground. No person shall, on such ground, be prevented from using service, amenities, or utilities of public use or from entering into a public place or public religious place or from performing a religious act according to his or her will.

3) No person shall be discriminated against on the grounds of sex with regard to remuneration and social security for the same work.

4) In appointing any citizen to a governmental or public office, he or she shall be appointed only on the basis of the qualifications determined by the law. In so appointing, no citizen shall be discriminated on grounds of origin, religion, color, caste, race, sex, physical condition, disability, condition of health, marital status, pregnancy, economic condition, language, region, ideological conviction, or similar other ground.