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Article 32-3 of the French Civil Code

Any French person domiciled on the date of independence in the territory of a State which had previously had the status of an overseas department or territory of the Republic, shall retain its nationality ipso jure provided that no other nationality has been conferred on him or her by the law of that State.

Children of persons benefiting from the provisions of the previous paragraph who are under eighteen years of age on the date of independence of the territory where their parents were domiciled also retain French nationality by right.

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Article 32-3

Tout Français domicilié à la date de son indépendance sur le territoire d’un Etat qui avait eu antérieurement le statut de département ou de territoire d’outre-mer de la République, conserve de plein droit sa nationalité dès lors qu’aucune autre nationalité ne lui a été conférée par la loi de cet Etat.

Conservent également de plein droit la nationalité française les enfants des personnes bénéficiaires des dispositions de l’alinéa précédent, mineurs de dix-huit ans à la date de l’accession à l’indépendance du territoire où leurs parents étaient domiciliés.

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