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(4) The exercise of sovereign authority on a regular basis shall,
as a rule, be entrusted to members of the public service
who stand in a relationship of service and loyalty defi ned
by public law.
(5) The law governing the public service shall be regulated and
developed with due regard to the traditional principles of
the professional civil service.
Article 34
[Liability for violation of offi cial duty]
If any person, in the exercise of a public offi ce entrusted to
him, violates his offi cial duty to a third party, liability shall
rest principally with the state or public body that employs
him. In the event of intentional wrongdoing or gross negligence,
the right of recourse against the individual offi cer
shall be preserved. The ordinary courts shall not be closed
to claims for compensation or indemnity.
Article 35
[Legal and administrative assistance and assistance
during disasters]
(1) All federal and Land authorities shall render legal and administrative
assistance to one another.
(2) In order to maintain or restore public security or order, a
Land in particularly serious cases may call upon personnel
and facilities of the Federal Border Police to assist its police
when without such assistance the police could not fulfi l
their responsibilities, or could do so only with great diffi -
culty. In order to respond to a grave accident or a natural
disaster, a Land may call for the assistance of police forces
of other Länder or of personnel and facilities of other administrative
authorities, of the Armed Forces, or of the Federal
Border Police.
(3) If the natural disaster or accident endangers the territory of
more than one Land, the Federal Government, insofar as is
necessary to combat the danger, may instruct the Land governments
to place police forces at the disposal of other
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