FranceListe naturalisation, n° 125 · Rights and duties

A person is deprived of their civil and political rights for 5 years following a conviction. Which of these statements is correct? For 5 years, ...

In the exam (French)

Une personne est privée de ses droits civils et politiques pendant 5 ans suite à une condamnation. Parmi ces propositions laquelle est correcte ? Pendant 5 ans,...

  1. athey lose their French nationalityon perd sa nationalité française
  2. bthey can neither vote nor stand for electionon ne peut ni voter ni être candidatCorrect answer
  3. cthey can no longer work in Franceon ne peut plus travailler en France
  4. dthey can no longer marryon ne peut plus se marier

Why?

Deprivation of civil and political rights removes in particular the right to vote and the right to stand for election for the period set by the judge. It does not cause the loss of nationality and does not forbid working or marrying.

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Source

Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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