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Civil Servants
6. Respect for the law
6.1 The work of the Civil Service is carried out within a framework of law. It is the duty of civil servants to respect these legal constraints, in particular:
- never to act in a manner which they know, or suspect, is illegal, improper, or unethical or for which they have no legal authority and
- to exercise any discretion conferred by law in a bona fide manner in accordance with the intentions of the statute.
6.2 Civil servants who have doubts about the legality of a particular action which they are required to take in the course of their official duties should refer the matter to their superiors whose responsibility it is to issue a direction on the matter, following legal advice where necessary.
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