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Article L733-6 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

If a foreign national placed under house arrest pursuant to articles L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 731-4 or L. 731-5 has failed, without legitimate reason, to comply with a request to be presented to the consular authorities of the country of which he or she may reasonably be assumed to be a national, with a view to the issue of a travel document, the administrative authority may have him or her taken to these authorities by the police or gendarmerie units with a view to this procedure, under the conditions and for the time strictly necessary for this.

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Article L733-6


Si l’étranger assigné à résidence en application des articles L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 731-4 ou L. 731-5 n’a pas déféré, sans motif légitime, à une demande de présentation aux autorités consulaires du pays dont il est raisonnable de penser qu’il a la nationalité, en vue de la délivrance d’un document de voyage, l’autorité administrative peut le faire conduire auprès de ces autorités par les services de police ou les unités de gendarmerie en vue de cette démarche, dans les conditions et pour le temps strictement nécessaires à celle-ci.

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