Affidavit for change of name

Riya Sharma marries and wants to be Riya Mehta on her passport, bank account and PAN card. Or a man has been called Rajesh all his life but his school certificate says Rajeshkumar. Every office asks the same thing: show us a document that explains the two names. The usual answer is an affidavit on stamp paper, sworn before a notary. What must it say, and why does a false word in it carry a risk of prosecution?

In two minutes

An affidavit for change of name is a sworn written statement by the deponent declaring his or her old and new names, the reason for the change, and the intention to be known by the new name from a stated date.

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