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 or extract of the marriage certificate updated in accordance with Articles 1303-3 and 1303-4 or a certificate of registration in the annexed civil register referred to in article 4-1 du décret du 1er juin 1965 précité. 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 change in the matrimonial property regime on the original copy of the marriage contract and shall no longer issue any copy or extract thereof without reproducing that mention.