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Article L3211-5 of the French Public Health Code

A person undergoing psychiatric care, whether or not in the form of full hospitalisation, on account of a mental disorder, retains all his rights and duties as a citizen at the end of such care, subject to the provisions relating to measures for the protection of adults set out in sections 1 to 4 of Chapter II of Title XI of Book I of the Civil Code, without being able to invoke his psychiatric history against him.

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Article L3211-5

Une personne faisant, en raison de troubles mentaux, l’objet de soins psychiatriques prenant ou non la forme d’une hospitalisation complète conserve, à l’issue de ces soins, la totalité de ses droits et devoirs de citoyen, sous réserve des dispositions relatives aux mesures de protection des majeurs prévues aux sections 1 à 4 du chapitre II du titre XI du livre Ier du code civil, sans que ses antécédents psychiatriques puissent lui être opposés.

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