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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-1

…tion, reinstatement or annexation of territories, proof can only be made by establishing the existence of all the conditions required by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-3

A child born in France is French if at least one of its parents was born there.

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

Article 16-3

The integrity of the human body may only be infringed in the event of medical necessity for the person concerned or exceptionally in the therapeutic interest of others. The consent of the person conce…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative decisions

Article 27-3

…forfeiture of French nationality are taken, the interested party being heard or called upon to produce his observations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-3

…e French nationality. The public prosecutor has the same right with regard to any person. He is a necessary defendant in any action declaring nationality. He must be called into question whenever a qu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-4

…proof of an individual's foreign nationality can only be established by showing that the person concerned does not meet any of the conditions required by law to have French nationality.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32-2

The French nationality of persons of common law civil status, born in Algeria before 22 July 1962, will be held to be established, under the conditions of Article 30-2, if these persons have consisten…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 61-3

Any change of name of a child over the age of thirteen requires his or her personal consent where the change does not result from the establishment or modification of a parent-subsidiary relationship.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32-4

…tated in French nationality by simple declaration, when they have established their domicile in France. The same option is open to their spouse, widower or widow and their children.

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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

…ure of the civil registrar;- the entries made in the margin of the record of which they take the place;- an indication of the acts and decisions relating to the person's nationality.Mention is subsequ…

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