Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

A person who has acquired French nationality shall enjoy all the rights and be bound by all the obligations attached to French nationality, from the day of such acquisition.

A minor child, one of whose parents acquires French nationality, becomes French ipso jure if he or she has the same habitual residence as that parent or if he or she resides alternately with that parent in the case of separation or divorce. The provisions of this article apply to the child of a person who acquires French nationality by decision of the public authority or by declaration of nationality…

The provisions of the preceding article shall not apply to a married child.

However, a French child under article 22-1 and who was not born in France has the option of repudiating this status during the six months preceding his majority and during the twelve months following it. He exercises this option by making a declaration in accordance with articles 26 et seq. He may renounce this right from the age of sixteen under the same conditions.