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Civil Servants

4. Impartiality

Civil servants in the performance of their official duties:

(a) must conscientiously serve the duly elected Government of the day, the other institutions of State and the public;

(b) must advise and implement policy impartially and, in particular, be conscious of the need to maintain the independence necessary to give any future Minister or Government confidence in their integrity and

(c) should not display partiality whether as a result of personal or family ties or otherwise.

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