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Article 23-6 of the French Civil Code

The loss of French nationality may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual residence in France, if the ascendants, from whom he or she derived French nationality, do not themselves have possession of French nationality or have not been resident in France for half a century.

The judgement determines the date on which French nationality was lost. It may decide that this nationality had been lost by the authors of the person concerned and that the latter had never been French.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 23-6

La perte de la nationalité française peut être constatée par jugement lorsque l’intéressé, français d’origine par filiation, n’en a point la possession d’état et n’a jamais eu sa résidence habituelle en France, si les ascendants, dont il tenait la nationalité française, n’ont eux-mêmes ni possession d’état de Français, ni résidence en France depuis un demi-siècle.

Le jugement détermine la date à laquelle la nationalité française a été perdue. Il peut décider que cette nationalité avait été perdue par les auteurs de l’intéressé et que ce dernier n’a jamais été français.

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