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Article 96 of the French Civil Code

When a marriage is celebrated in one of the cases provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 93, publications are made, insofar as circumstances allow, at the place of the future spouse’s last domicile; they are also provided, in the unit to which the interested party belongs, under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister of Defence.

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Article 96-1 of the French Civil Code

In the event of war or military operations outside national territory, for serious reasons and with the authorisation of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defence, marriages may be solemnised for military personnel, State sailors, persons employed in the wake of the armed forces or embarked on State vessels without the future spouse appearing in person and even if the future spouse is deceased, on condition that consent…

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Article 97 of the French Civil Code

Death certificates received by the military authority, in all cases provided for in Article 93 above, or by the civil authority for members of the armed forces, civilians taking part in their action, in service, or persons employed in the wake of the armies, may be the subject of an administrative rectification under conditions fixed by decree, during the periods and in the territories where the military authority is empowered,…

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Article 98 of the French Civil Code

A record in lieu of a birth record is drawn up for any person born abroad who acquires or recovers French nationality, unless the record drawn up at his or her birth has already been entered in a register kept by a French authority. This record states the surname, first names and sex of the person concerned and indicates the place and date of his or her birth, parentage and…

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Article 98-1 of the French Civil Code

Similarly, an act in lieu of a marriage record is drawn up when the person acquiring or recovering French nationality has previously contracted marriage abroad, unless the celebration of the marriage has already been recorded by an act entered in a register kept by a French authority. The record states: – the date and place of the celebration; – an indication of the authority that performed it; – the surnames,…

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Article 98-2 of the French Civil Code

A single record may be drawn up bearing statements relating to the birth and the marriage, unless the birth and the marriage have already been established by records entered in a register kept by a French authority. It takes the place of both a birth record and a marriage record.

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Article 98-3 of the French Civil Code

The deeds referred to in articles 98 to 98- 2 also indicate: – the date on which they were drawn up; – the name and signature of the civil registrar; – the entries made in the margin of the record of which they take the place; – an indication of the acts and decisions relating to the person’s nationality. Mention is subsequently made in the margin: – of the indications…

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Article 98-4 of the French Civil Code

Persons for whom records have been drawn up pursuant to articles 98 to 98-2 lose the right to request transcription of their birth or marriage record received by a foreign authority. In the event of a disagreement between the statements in the foreign civil status record or the French consular civil status record and those in the record drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the said articles, the…

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Article 99 of the French Civil Code

The rectification of civil status records is ordered by the president of the court. The rectification of the indication of sex and, where applicable, first names is ordered at the request of any person with a variation in genital development or, if he or she is a minor, at the request of his or her legal representatives, if it is medically established that his or her sex does not correspond…

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