The Minister or the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court shall refuse to register declarations that do not satisfy the legal conditions.
The declarant shall be notified of the reasoned decision and may contest it before the judicial court within a period of six months. The action may be brought personally by the minor from the age of sixteen.
The decision to refuse registration must be made no more than six months after the date on which the declarant was issued with the receipt recording the submission of all the documents required to prove the admissibility of the declaration.
The time limit is extended to one year for declarations submitted under articles 21-2,21-13-1 et 21-13-2. In the event that an opposition procedure is initiated by the Government pursuant to Articles 21-4,21-13-1 or 21-13-2, this period is extended to two years.