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RACE DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE (3) In preparing any report for publication or for inspection, the Commission shall exclude, so far as it is consistent with its functions and the object of the report, any matter which relates to the private affairs of any individual or business interests of any person where the publication of that matter might, in the opinion of the Commission, prejudicially affect that individual or person. PART 8 General 69. Restrictions on proceedings for contravention of Ordinance

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Ordinance, no proceedings, whether civil or criminal, lie against any person in respect of an act by reason that the act is unlawful by virtue of a provision of this Ordinance.

(2) Subsection (1) does not preclude the making of an order of certiorari, mandamus or prohibition.

70. Claims in respect of discrimination, harassment and vilification

(1) A claim by or on behalf of any person (“the claimant”) that another person (“the respondent”)—
 * (a) has committed an act of discrimination against the claimant which is unlawful by virtue of Part 3 or 4;
 * (b) has committed an act of harassment against the claimant which is unlawful by virtue of Part 3 or 4;
 * (c) has committed an act which is unlawful by virtue of section 45; or
 * (d) is to be treated, by virtue of section 47 or 48, as having committed an act of discrimination or harassment referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) against the claimant or an act referred to in paragraph (c),

may be made the subject of civil proceedings in like manner as any other claim in tort.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a claim under section 19(1) of an act in respect of which an appeal, or proceedings in the nature of an appeal, may be brought under any enactment.