The reinstatement into French nationality of persons who establish that they were French shall result from a decree or a declaration in accordance with the distinctions set out in the articles below.
Reinstatement by decree may be obtained at any age and without a qualifying period. It is subject, for the rest, to the conditions and rules for naturalisation.
Persons who have lost French nationality due to marriage to a foreigner or the acquisition by individual measure of a foreign nationality may, subject to the provisions of article 21-27, be reinstated by declaration made, in France or abroad, in accordance with articles 26 et seq. They must have retained or acquired clear ties with France, particularly of a cultural, professional, economic or family nature.
Reinstatement by decree or declaration has effect in respect of children under the age of eighteen under the conditions of articles 22-1and 22-2 of this title.
An individual who has acquired French nationality may, by decree issued after the assent of the Conseil d’Etat, be stripped of French nationality, unless the stripping results in the individual becoming stateless: 1° If he is convicted of an act classified as a felony or misdemeanour constituting an attack on the fundamental interests of the Nation or for a felony or misdemeanour constituting an act of terrorism; 2° If he…
Discontinuance is only incurred if the acts of which the person concerned is accused and referred to in article 25 occurred prior to the acquisition of French nationality or within ten years of the date of such acquisition. It may only be pronounced within ten years of the commission of the said acts. If the acts of which the person concerned is accused are referred to in 1° of Article…
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