Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

The operative part of any decision ordered to be transcribed or entered in the civil status registers must state the forenames and surnames of the parties and, as the case may be, the place where the transcription is to be made or the places and dates of the records in the margin of which the entry is to be made. Only the operative part of the decision is sent to…

The action for a judicial declaration of birth is governed by the provisions of articles 1049 to 1055. The operative part of the decision, containing the statements provided for in Article 57 of the Civil Code, is immediately transmitted by the public prosecutor to the civil registrar.

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to oppose the celebration of a marriage of a French national abroad is that of the place where the central civil status department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is established. He alone is also competent to rule on the transcription of the foreign marriage record in French civil status registers and to pursue the annulment of this marriage. It also has sole jurisdiction,…