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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-7

…ted to one or more permanent civil registrars or, where appropriate, to civil registrars heading a detached chancery or to the competent honorary consuls of French nationality.Where there are serious…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 171-1

A marriage contracted in a foreign country between French nationals, or between a French national and a foreign national, is valid if it has been celebrated in the forms customary in the country of ce…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-5

…marry is issued. The request for transcription is made to the consular or diplomatic authority competent with regard to the place of celebration of the marriage.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-2

…ch national must be preceded by the issue of a certificate of capacity to marry drawn up after completion, with the diplomatic or consular authority competent with regard to the place of celebration o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4 : The impossibility for French nationals established outside France to celebrate their marriage abroad

Article 171-9

…French nationality, have their domicile or residence in a country that does not authorise marriage between two persons of the same sex and in which the French diplomatic and consular authorities canno…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-6

When the marriage has been celebrated despite the opposition of the public prosecutor, the consular civil registrar may only transcribe the foreign marriage record onto French civil status registers a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-4

…163, 180 or 191, the diplomatic or consular authority shall immediately refer the matter to the competent public prosecutor and inform the interested parties.The Public Prosecutor may, within two mont…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 175-2

…expiry of the stay, the public prosecutor shall inform the civil registrar in a reasoned decision whether he will allow the marriage to proceed or whether he opposes its celebration.Either of the futu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 175-1

The Public Prosecutor's Office may lodge an opposition in cases where it could request the nullity of the marriage.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Conflict of laws relating to parentage

Article 311-17

A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity or maternity is valid if it was made in accordance with either the personal law of its author or the personal law of the child.

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