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Article 20

Dispositions générales

Civil Rights
Titre III: Des Actes de l'État civil (On Civil Status Records)
Chapitre I: Dispositions générales (General Provisions)

Tout individu a le droit de se faire délivrer des extraits des actes inscrits sur ces registres.

Life lesson: A record hidden from the people it concerns is not a public record — it is a secret. Every person has the right to the proof of their own existence.
Notes: Universal right of access to civil status extracts — not limited to the parties named in the act. A remarkably open-access provision that treats civil records as public documents.
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