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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Civil rights

Article 9-1

Everyone has the right to respect for the presumption of innocence. When a person is, prior to any conviction, publicly presented as being guilty of acts that are the subject of a judicial investigati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-9

Any person who fulfils the conditions set out in article 21-7 to acquire French nationality loses the option of declining it if he or she enlists in the French armed forces. Any minor born in France o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-9

The effects on French nationality of the accession to independence of former overseas departments or territories of the Republic are determined in Chapter VII of this Title..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-9

The provisions of this chapter are of public order.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-9

The loss of French nationality takes effect: 1° In the case provided for in article 23 at the date of acquisition of foreign nationality; 2° In the case provided for in Articles 23-3 and 23-5 on the d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-2

A single record may be drawn up bearing statements relating to the birth and the marriage, unless the birth and the marriage have already been established by records entered in a register kept by a Fr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-4

Persons for whom records have been drawn up pursuant to articles 98 to 98-2 lose the right to request transcription of their birth or marriage record received by a foreign authority. In the event of a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99-2

…sons authorised to perform the duties of civil registrars to draw up the acts mentioned in articles 98 to 98-2 may proceed with the administrative rectification of purely material errors and omissions…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-1

…he person is resident, the act of consent is drawn up by the civil registrars designated in article 93 ; 3° In the case of military prisoners of war or internees, this consent may be established by th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-3

The deeds referred to in articles 98 to 98- 2 also indicate:- the date on which they were drawn up;- the name and signature of the civil registrar;- the entries made in the margin of the record of whi…

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