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Article 56 of the French Civil Code

The birth of the child will be declared by the father, or, in the absence of the father, by the doctors of medicine or surgery, midwives, health officers or other persons who attended the delivery; and when the mother is delivered outside her home, by the person in whose home she is delivered.

The birth certificate will be drawn up immediately.

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Article 56

La naissance de l’enfant sera déclarée par le père, ou, à défaut du père, par les docteurs en médecine ou en chirurgie, sages-femmes, officiers de santé ou autres personnes qui auront assisté à l’accouchement ; et lorsque la mère sera accouchée hors de son domicile, par la personne chez qui elle sera accouchée.

L’acte de naissance sera rédigé immédiatement.

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