Subsection 1: Presenting the foreign national to the consular authorities

If a foreign national placed under house arrest pursuant to articles L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 731-4 or L. 731-5 has failed, without legitimate reason, to comply with a request to be presented to the consular authorities of the country of which he or she may reasonably be assumed to be a national, with a view to the issue of a travel document, the administrative authority may have him or…

When the voluntary obstruction of the foreign national referred to in article L. 733-6 prevents him or her from being taken to the consular authorities, the administrative authority may, after duly noting this obstruction, ask the liberties and detention judge to authorise it to request the police or gendarmerie units to visit the foreign national’s home. The purpose of this visit is to ensure that the foreign national is present,…