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Article L732-8 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A decision to place a person under house arrest taken pursuant to 1°, 2°, 3°, 4° or 5° of article L. 731-1 may be challenged before the president of the administrative court within forty-eight hours of notification. The forty-eight hour time limit provided for in the first paragraph also applies to challenges to the decision to place the person under house arrest notified after the removal decision, even if the…

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Article L733-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The administrative authority may, for the purposes of preparing the foreign national’s departure, designate to him or her, taking into account the imperatives of private and family life, a time slot during which he or she remains in the premises where he or she resides, up to a limit of three consecutive hours per twenty-four hour period.When the foreign national assigned to residence is the subject of a deportation order,…

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Article L733-6 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

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…

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Article L733-7 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

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,…

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