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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: House arrest to enforce a removal order

Article R732-1

…ompetent to place a foreign national under house arrest pursuant to article L. 731-1 is the prefect of the département where the place of house arrest is located and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article R743-22

When the foreign national is held at the disposal of the courts, the public prosecutor decides on the conditions of the holding. He shall inform the foreign national and the administrative authority t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article R743-21

On receipt of the request for extension, the court clerk will notify the foreign national of his or her right to choose a lawyer. The liberty and custody judge will have one appointed for him/her ex o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to administrative detention centres and premises

Article R744-12

In each place of detention, internal regulations, the models of which are set, for detention centres and premises, by joint order of the Minister for Immigration and the Minister for the Interior, org…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to administrative detention centres and premises

Article R744-13

The information mentioned in Article R. 8252-2 of the Labour Code is displayed in the common areas of the administrative detention facility. It is available in French and translated into the foreign l…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to administrative detention centres and premises

Article R744-15

…awyer to the department responsible for receiving detained foreign nationals and with the agreement of the person concerned.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-19

…their request, to the person concerned or their lawyer or the association's representative before a decision is taken on the application.Where the accelerated procedure provided for in Articles L. 531…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-12

…e preparatory operations for the ballot, the voting operations, the vote count and the announcement of the results are carried out under the conditions laid down in Chapter VI of Title I of Book I of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14

The regularity of the local referendum may be challenged under the conditions, in the forms and within the time limits prescribed for complaints against the election of members of the deliberative ass…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-11

Only voters of French nationality registered, under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title I of Book I of the Electoral Code, on the electoral roll of the territorial authority which has deci…

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