Where a marriage contract has been made in France, the spouses or one of them shall send to the notary holding the record of the contract, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a copy of the deed designating the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime. If the marriage contract has been received by a French diplomatic or consular agent, the spouses or one of them shall notify the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The notary, the French diplomatic or consular agent or the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall mention the applicable law thus designated on the original of the marriage contract and shall no longer issue any copy or extract thereof without reproducing this mention.