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The Dalits of Nepal and
a New Constitution
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(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from
the list of Scheduled Castes specified in a notification
issued under clause (1) any caste, race or tribe or
part of or group within any caste, race or tribe, but
save as aforesaid a notification issued under the
said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent
notification.
Constitution of Sri Lanka
Right to equality
12. (1) All persons are equal before the law and are
entitled to the equal protection of the law.
(2) No citizen shall be discriminated against on the
grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex,
political opinion, place of birth or any such grounds:
Provided that it shall be lawful to require a person
to acquire within a reasonable time sufficient
knowledge of any language as a qualification for
any employment or office in the Public, Judicial or
Local Government Service or in the service of any
public corporation, where such knowledge is
reasonably necessary for the discharge of the duties
of such employment or office:
Provided further that it shall be lawful to require a
person to have sufficient knowledge of any
language as a qualification for any such employment
of office where no function of that employment or
office can be discharged otherwise than with a
knowledge of that language.
(3) No person shall, on the grounds of race, religion,
language, caste, sex or any one such grounds, be
subject to any disability, liability, restriction or
condition with regard to access to shops, public
restaurants, hotels, places of public entertainment
and places of public worship of his own religion.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent special provision
being made, by law, subordinate legislation or
executive action, for the advancement of women,
children or disabled persons.
The Constitution of Bangladesh
This has a somewhat similar provision. It also provides:
29. Equality of opportunity in public employment.
(1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens
in respect of employment or office in the service of
the Republic.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race,
caste, sex or place of birth, be ineligible for, or
discriminated against in respect of, any employment
or office in the service of the Republic.
(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State
from -
1. making special provision in favour of any backward
section of citizens for the purpose of securing their
adequate representation in the service of the
Republic;
2. giving effect to any law which makes provision for
reserving appointments relating to any religious or
denominational institution to persons of that religion
or denomination;
3. reserving for members of one sex any class of
employment or office on the ground that it is
considered by its nature to be unsuited to members
of the opposite sex.
The Constitution of Pakistan
22. Safeguards as to educational institutions in respect of
religion, etc.
(3) Subject to law:
(b) no citizen shall be denied admission to any
educational institution receiving aid from public
revenues on the ground only of race, religion,
caste or place of birth.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent any public authority
from making provision for the advancement of any socially
or educationally backward class of citizens.
26. Non-discrimination in respect of access to public
places.
(1) In respect of access to places of public entertainment
or resort not intended for religious purposes only,
there shall be no discrimination against any citizen
on the ground only of race, religion, caste, sex,
residence or place of birth.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent the State from
making any special provision for women and
children.