Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
(1) Every affidavit to be used in a Court shall be entitled "In the Court of ...................". (2) Every affidavit shall bear the number of the proceeding in which it is proposed to be filed and shall set out the names of the parties to the proceedings. (3) Every affidavit containing any statement of facts shall be divided into paragraphs, and every paragraph shall be numbered consecutively and, as nearly as may be, shall be confined to a distinct portion of the subject. (4) The declarant shall state what paragraphs or portions of his affidavit he swears or solemnly affirms to from his own knowledge and what paragraphs or portions he swears or solemnly affirms to on his own belief, stating the grounds of such belief. (5) (a) The Officer administering the oath or affirmation for the purpose of affidavits shall satisfy himself that the language in which the affidavit is sought to be made is known to the declarant. (b) If the language is not known or understood by the declarant, the Officer administering the oath or affirmation shall, where the party is represented by a lawyer, require the said lawyer to certify in writing below the affidavit that the contents of the affidavit have been interpreted to declarant in a language known to him and that the declarant has fully understood them. (c) Where the declarant is not represented by a lawyer, the Officer administering the oath or affirmation shall, when necessary, cause the affidavit to be interpreted to the declarant by any person appointed by him as an Interpreter. The person interpreting the document shall certify below the document that its contents have been interpreted to the declarant in a language known to him. (d) When the Officer administering the oath or affirmation is satisfied that the language of the document is known or understood by the declarant, or when the lawyer or the interpreter certifies that the contents have been interpreted to the declarant in a language known to him, the oath shall be administered and the affidavit completed by the signature of the declarant below the declaration on oath in the presence of the Officer and the certification by the Officer of the administration of the oath.