Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) The Officer authorised in this behalf shall, before administering the oath, ask the declarant if he has read the affidavit and understood the contents thereof, and if the latter states that he has not read it, or appears not to understand fully the contents thereof, or appears to be blind, illiterate or ignorant of the language in which it is written, the Officer administering the oath shall read and explain or cause some other competent person to read and explain in affidavit to the declarant in the language which both the declarant and the officer administering the oath understand. (2) When an affidavit is read, translated or explained as herein provided, the Officer administering the oath shall certify in writing at the foot of the affidavit that it has been so read, translated or explained in his presence and that the declarant understood the same at the time of making the affidavit and made his signature or finger impression in the presence of the Officer.