The administrative authority may assign to residence or place in detention a foreigner applying for asylum who is the subject of a deportation decision, a penalty of ban from French territory pursuant to article 131-30 of the penal code or an administrative ban from French territory for the time strictly necessary for the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons to examine his application for asylum, whether this was submitted prior to or subsequent to notification of the deportation decision to which he is subject.
In the event of a decision rejecting or ruling out the asylum application, house arrest or detention may continue pending the foreign national’s departure.