French Civil Code

The acts of opposition to the marriage will be signed on the original and on the copy by the objectors or by their authorised representatives, special and authentic; they will be served, with the copy of the power of attorney, on the person or at the domicile of the parties, and on the civil registrar, who will put his visa on the original.

The civil registrar will, without delay, make a summary entry of the oppositions in the marriage register; he will also make a note, in the margin of the entry of the said oppositions, of the judgments or acts of release of which a copy has been given to him.

In the event of opposition, the civil registrar will not be able to celebrate the marriage until he has been given the release, on pain of a €3,000 fine and all damages.

If the publication has been made in several communes, the civil registrar of each commune shall without delay send to the one of them who is to celebrate the marriage a certificate stating that there is no opposition.

Each of the future spouses shall provide the civil registrar who is to celebrate the marriage with an extract from his or her birth record, indicating filiation, which must not be more than three months old if it was issued by a French civil registrar. However, the civil registrar may, after having informed the future spouse in advance, request verification of the personal data contained in the civil records from…

One of the future spouses who is unable to obtain this deed may make up for it by producing a notarised deed issued by a notary or, abroad, by the competent French diplomatic or consular authorities. The acte de notoriété is drawn up on the basis of the statements of at least three witnesses and any other documents produced which attest to the forenames, surname, profession and place of residence…

The authentic act of the consent of the father and mother or grandparents or, in their absence, that of the family council, shall contain the forenames, surnames, occupations and domicile of the future spouses and of all those who have contributed to the act, as well as their degree of kinship. Except in the case provided for by article 159 of the Civil Code, this act of consent is drawn…

The marriage will be celebrated, at the choice of the spouses, in the commune where one of them, or one of their parents, has his or her domicile or residence established by at least one month’s continuous dwelling on the date of the publication provided for by law.

Before the celebration of the marriage, the future spouses shall confirm the identity of the witnesses declared pursuant to Article 63 or, where applicable, designate new witnesses chosen by them.

On the day designated by the parties, after the publication period, the civil registrar, at the town hall, in the presence of at least two witnesses, or at most four, relatives or not of the parties, shall read to the future spouses the articles 212 and 213, the first paragraph of Articles 214 and 215, and of Article 371-1 du présent code. However, in the event of serious impediment, the…