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Article L824-8 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 8, 2023

This prison sentence is increased to five years when the acts are committed by violence, breaking and entering or bribery, and to seven years when the acts are committed as part of a group or under the threat of a weapon or an explosive, incendiary or toxic substance.The same penalties shall apply to any person who knowingly facilitates, by aid or assistance, the preparation or commission of the offences provided…

Article L824-9 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 8, 2023

It is punishable by three years’ imprisonment for a foreigner to evade or attempt to evade the enforcement of an administrative ban from French territory, an obligation to leave French territory or a deportation decision. This penalty is also applicable in the event of a foreigner refusing to submit to the transport arrangements designated for the ex officio enforcement of the measure to which he or she is subject. This…

Article L824-10 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 8, 2023

A foreigner who evades or attempts to evade the enforcement of a decision to implement a decision taken by another State, a decision to surrender to the authorities of another State or a transfer decision provided for in Article L. 572-1 shall be liable to three years’ imprisonment.A foreigner convicted under this article shall incur the additional penalty of three years’ ban from French territory.

Article L824-11 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 8, 2023

A foreigner who is subject to an administrative ban on entry, a ban on returning to French territory, a deportation order or a French territorial ban is liable to three years’ imprisonment for re-entering France without authorisation.A foreigner convicted under this article is liable to the additional penalty of ten years’ French territorial ban.

Article L824-12 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 8, 2023

It is punishable by three years’ imprisonment for a foreigner to re-enter France without authorisation after having been the subject of a decision to surrender to the authorities of another State, a ban on movement on French territory or a transfer decision provided for in article L. 572-1.A foreigner convicted under this article is liable to the additional penalty of three years’ ban from French territory.

Article L831-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 7, 2023

The provisions of this book shall apply ipso jure in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.

Article L831-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 7, 2023

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° In Article L. 812-2, the words: “Articles 78-1 to 78-2-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure” are replaced by the words: “Article 78-1, Article 78-2 with the exception of its ninth and tenth paragraphs and Articles 78-2-1 and 78-2-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure”; 2° Article L. 821-1 reads as follows: “Art. L….

Article L831-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 7, 2023

In Guadeloupe, the summary visits provided for in articles L. 812-3 and L. 812-4 may be carried out in an area between the coastline and a line drawn one kilometre below it, as well as on national roads 1 and 4.

Article L831-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 7, 2023

In Guadeloupe, the public prosecutor may, in the course of the investigation or if no court has been seised or when the court seised has exhausted its jurisdiction without having ruled on the fate of the seals, order the destruction or immobilisation, by neutralising any means essential to their operation, of the boats, land vehicles and aircraft that were used to commit the offences referred to in Articles L. 823-1…

Article L831-5 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

November 7, 2023

In French Guiana, the provisions of articles L. 812-3 and L. 812-4 are applicable in an area between the land borders and a line drawn twenty kilometres below, as well as on route nationale 2 in the territory of the communes of Saint-Georges and Régina and on route départementale 6 and route nationale 2 in the commune of Roura.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L824-8 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L824-9 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L824-10 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L824-11 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L824-12 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L831-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L831-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L831-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L831-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Article L831-5 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

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