Article L741-9 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum
The detained foreign national is informed of his or her rights under the conditions set out in article L. 744-4.
The detained foreign national is informed of his or her rights under the conditions set out in article L. 744-4.
A foreign national who is the subject of a detention order may challenge it before the liberty and custody judge, within forty-eight hours of being notified.The decision shall be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in articles L. 743-3 to L. 743-18.
The continuation of detention beyond forty-eight hours from notification of the initial placement decision may be authorised, under the conditions laid down in this Title, by the liberties and detention judge to whom the administrative authority has referred the matter for this purpose.
The foreign national is kept at the disposal of the courts, under conditions set by the public prosecutor, for the time strictly necessary for the hearing to take place and for the order to be made. .
If the judge orders that detention be extended, it shall run for a period of twenty-eight days from the expiry of the forty-eight hour period referred to in article L. 741-1.
The liberty and custody judge may, under the same conditions as in article L. 742-1, be referred to again for the purpose of extending the period of detention beyond thirty days, in the following cases:1° In the event of absolute urgency or a particularly serious threat to public order;2° Where the impossibility of enforcing the removal decision results from the loss or destruction of the person concerned’s travel documents, the…
In exceptional cases, the matter may again be referred to the liberty and custody judge for the purpose of extending the period of detention beyond the maximum period provided for in article L. 742-4, when one of the following situations arises in the last fifteen days:1° The foreign national has obstructed the automatic enforcement of the removal decision;2° The foreign national has submitted, with the sole aim of thwarting the…
As an exception to article L. 742-4, the judge responsible for freedoms and detention may also be asked to extend the period of detention beyond thirty days if the foreign national has been sentenced to deportation for acts of terrorism covered by Title II of Book IV of the Penal Code or if he or she is the subject of a deportation order issued for behaviour linked to terrorist activities…
In exceptional circumstances, the matter may again be referred to the liberty and custody judge for the purpose of extending the period of detention beyond the maximum period provided for in article L. 742-6, under the conditions provided for in article L. 742-5. In this case, the maximum period of detention shall not exceed two hundred and ten days. .
After the detention extension hearings provided for in this chapter, the foreign national may request that his detention be terminated by referring the matter to the liberty and detention judge. However, the decision to keep an asylum seeker in detention as provided for in article L. 754-3 may only be challenged before the administrative judge.The decision shall be made in accordance with the procedure provided for in articles L. 743-3,…
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