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Article L812-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

All foreign nationals must be able to produce the documents under cover of which they are authorised to travel or reside in France at the request of any judicial police officer from the national police force or the national gendarmerie and, on the order and under the responsibility of the latter, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in Article 20 and in 1° de l’article 21 du code de procédure pénale, under the conditions set out in this section.

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Article L812-1


Tout étranger doit être en mesure de présenter les pièces ou documents sous le couvert desquels il est autorisé à circuler ou à séjourner en France à toute réquisition d’un officier de police judiciaire de la police nationale ou de la gendarmerie nationale et, sur l’ordre et sous la responsabilité de celui-ci, des agents de police judiciaire et agents de police judiciaire adjoints mentionnés à l’article 20 et au 1° de l’article 21 du code de procédure pénale, dans les conditions prévues à la présente section.

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