Section 45.201. Purpose

Advertisements covered by section 5(h)(5) of the act (43 P. S. § 955(h)(5)) shall be subject to a schedule of civil penalties for violation of section 5(h)(5) of the act by the advertiser and the publisher in instances when the complainant does not take action to secure housing accommodations for financing and is not denied housing accommodations or financing based on the alleged discriminatory language in the advertisement. Section 5(h)(5) of the act states that it is an unlawful act to:

‘‘Print, publish or circulate any statement or advertisement: (i) relating to the sale, lease or acquisition of any housing accommodation or commercial property or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage, or otherwide for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation or commercial property which indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based upon race, color, familial status, age, religious creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, handicap or disability or because of the handicap or disability of an individual with whom the person is known to have a relationship or association, or (ii) relating to the sale, lease or acquisition of any housing accommodation or commercial property which indicates any preference limitation, specification, or discrimination based upon use of a guide or support animal because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support of guide animals’’