Article 115f: [Use of Federal Border Police - Extended powers of instruction] 1. During a state of defence the Federal Government, to the extent circumstances
require, may:
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1. employ the Federal Border Police throughout the federal territory;
2. issue instructions not only to federal administrative authorities but also to
Land governments and, if it deems the matter urgent, to Land authorities,
and may delegate this power to members of Land governments designated
by it.
2. The Bundestag, the Bundesrat and the Joint Committee shall be informed
without delay of the measures taken in accordance with paragraph (1) of this
Article.
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Article 115g: [Federal Constitutional Court] •
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Neither the constitutional status nor the performance of the constitutional functions
of the Federal Constitutional Court or its judges may be impaired. The law governing
the Federal Constitutional Court may be amended by a law enacted by the Joint
Committee only insofar as the Federal Constitutional Court agrees is necessary to
ensure that it can continue to perform its functions. Pending the enactment of such a
law, the Federal Constitutional Court may take such measures as are necessary to
this end. Determinations by the Federal Constitutional Court pursuant to the second
and third sentences of this Article shall be made by a majority of the judges present.
Article 115h: [Expiry of electoral terms and terms of office] 1. Any electoral terms of the Bundestag or of Land parliaments due to expire
during a state of defence shall end six months after the termination of the state
of defence. A term of office of the Federal President due to expire during a state
of defence, and the exercise of his functions by the President of the Bundesrat in
case of the premature vacancy of his office, shall end nine months after the
termination of the state of defence. The term of office of a member of the
Federal Constitutional Court due to expire during a state of defence shall end
six months after the termination of the state of defence.
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