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Rh The basic rights shall also apply to juridical persons within the country in so far as, according to their nature, they may be applied to such persons.

Should any person's rights be infringed by public authority, he may appeal to the courts. In so far as another authority is not competent, the appeal shall go to the ordinary Courts.

The Federal Republic of Germany is a democratic and social federal State.

All State authority emanates from the people. It shall be exercised by the people in elections and plebiscites and by means of separate legislative, executive and judicial organs.

Legislation shall be limited by the constitution, the executive and the administration of justice by legislation and the law.

The parties shall participate in forming the political will of the people. They can be freely formed. Their internal organisation must conform to democratic principles. They must publicly account for the sources of their funds.

Parties which, according to their aims and the behaviour of their members, seek to impair or abolish the free and democratic basic order or to jeopardise the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany, shall be unconstitutional. The Federal Constitutional Court shall decide on the question of unconstitutionality.

Details shall be regulated by federal legislation.

The federal flag shall be black, red and gold.

For the time being, this Basic Law shall apply in the territory of the Laender Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Greater Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein, Wuerttemberg-Baden and Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern. It shall be put into force for other parts of Germany on their accession.