Article R*732-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum
Notwithstanding article R. 732-2, the Minister of the Interior is competent to place a foreign national under house arrest, pursuant to 6° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-4, in the following cases:1° When he himself has issued the expulsion decision; however, the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect are competent when the expulsion decision was issued by the Minister of the Interior before the entry into…