The loss of French nationality takes effect: 1° In the case provided for in article 23 at the date of acquisition of foreign nationality; 2° In the case provided for in Articles 23-3 and 23-5 on the date of the declaration; 3° In the case provided for in Articles 23-4, 23-7 and 23-8 on the date of the decree; 4° In the cases provided for in Article 23-6 on the…
The reinstatement into French nationality of persons who establish that they were French shall result from a decree or a declaration in accordance with the distinctions set out in the articles below.
Reinstatement by decree may be obtained at any age and without a qualifying period. It is subject, for the rest, to the conditions and rules for naturalisation.
Persons who have lost French nationality due to marriage to a foreigner or the acquisition by individual measure of a foreign nationality may, subject to the provisions of article 21-27, be reinstated by declaration made, in France or abroad, in accordance with articles 26 et seq. They must have retained or acquired clear ties with France, particularly of a cultural, professional, economic or family nature.
Reinstatement by decree or declaration has effect in respect of children under the age of eighteen under the conditions of articles 22-1and 22-2 of this title.
An individual who has acquired French nationality may, by decree issued after the assent of the Conseil d’Etat, be stripped of French nationality, unless the stripping results in the individual becoming stateless: 1° If he is convicted of an act classified as a felony or misdemeanour constituting an attack on the fundamental interests of the Nation or for a felony or misdemeanour constituting an act of terrorism; 2° If he…
Discontinuance is only incurred if the acts of which the person concerned is accused and referred to in article 25 occurred prior to the acquisition of French nationality or within ten years of the date of such acquisition. It may only be pronounced within ten years of the commission of the said acts. If the acts of which the person concerned is accused are referred to in 1° of Article…
Declarations of nationality made either because of marriage to a French spouse, pursuant to article 21-2, or because of the status of ascendant of a French national, pursuant to article 21-13-1, or because of the status of brother or sister of a French national, pursuant to article 21-13-2, are received by the administrative authority. Other declarations of nationality are received by the director of the court registry services of the…
Any declaration of nationality must, on pain of nullity, be registered either by the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court, for declarations subscribed in France, or by the Minister of Justice, for declarations subscribed abroad, with the exception of the following declarations, which are registered by the administrative authority designated by decree in the Conseil d’Etat: 1° Those made on the grounds of marriage to a…
The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts or local chambers competent to receive and register declarations of French nationality shall be determined by decree.
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