Section 4: Communications from the judicial authority

The judicial authority shall communicate to the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, on request or of its own motion, any information obtained in the course of civil proceedings or criminal investigations, including when the latter has ended with a dismissal, of such a nature as to give rise to a suspicion that a person applying for stateless status or who has…

The judicial authority shall communicate to the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, on request or ex officio, any evidence gathered in the course of civil proceedings or a criminal or correctional investigation, regardless of the outcome, of such a nature as to give rise to suspicion that the stateless person’s status is fraudulent.