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Article L822-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

It is punishable by one year’s imprisonment, a fine of €3,750 and three years’ disqualification from French territory for a foreign national residing illegally in France to refuse to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations in the case provided for in 3° of Article L. 142-1.

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Article L822-1


Est puni d’un an d’emprisonnement, de 3 750 euros d’amende et de trois ans d’interdiction du territoire français le fait, pour un étranger en situation irrégulière en France, de refuser de se soumettre aux opérations de relevé des empreintes digitales et de prise de photographie dans le cas prévu au 3° de l’article L. 142-1.

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