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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
[Part II—


(ii) a copy of a written statement by the employer stating the nature and extent of administrative or financial hardship for not providing him reasonable accommodation;
(b) the unfair treatment in, or in relation to, employment or occupation;
(c) the denial or discontinuation of, or, unfair treatment in, healthcare services;
(d) the denial or discontinuation of, or unfair treatment in, educational, establishments and services thereof;
(e) the denial or discontinuation of, or unfair treatment with regard to, access to, or provision or enjoyment or use of any goods, accommodation, service, facility, benefit, privilege or opportunity dedicated to the use of the general public or customarily available to the public, whether or not for a fee, including shops, public restaurants, hotels and places of public entertainment or the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads, burial grounds or funeral ceremonies and places of public resort;
(f) the denial, or, discontinuation of, or unfair treatment with regard to, the right of movement;
(g) the denial or discontinuation of, or, unfair treatment with regard to, the right to reside, purchase, rent, or otherwise occupy, any property;
(h) the denial or discontinuation of, or, unfair treatment in, the opportunity to stand for, or, hold public or private office;
(i) the denial of access to, removal from, or unfair treatment in, Government or private establishment in whose care or custody a person may be;
(j) the denial of, or unfair treatment in, the provision of insurance unless supported by actuarial studies;
(k) the isolation or segregation of a protected person;
(l) HIV testing as a pre-requisite for obtaining employment, or accessing healthcare services or education or, for the continuation of the same or, for accessing or using any other service or facility:
Provided that, in case of failure to furnish the written assessment under sub-clause (i) of clause (a), it shall be presumed that there is no significant-risk and that the person is fit to perform the duties of the job, as the case may be, and in case of the failure to furnish the written statement under sub-clause (ii) of that clause, it shall be presumed that there is no such undue administrative or financial hardship.

Prohibition of certain acts. 4. No person shall, by words, either spoken or written, publish, propagate, advocate or communicate by signs or by visible representation or otherwise the feelings of hatred against any protected persons or group of protected person in general or specifically or disseminate, broadcast or display any information, advertisement or notice, which may reasonably be construed to demonstrate an intention to propagate hatred or which is likely to expose protected persons to hatred, discrimination or physical violence.

CHAPTER III
INFORMED CONSENT

Informed consent for undertaking HIV test or treatment. 5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act,—

(a) no HIV test shall be undertaken or performed upon any person; or
(b) no protected person shall be subject to medical treatment, medical interventions or research,

except with the informed consent of such person or his representative and in such manner, as may be specified in the guidelines.