Supreme Court Rules 2000

An affidavit is to comply with the following requirements:

it is to bear the title of the proceeding in which it is sworn;

it is to be drawn up in the first person;

it is to state the deponent's address and occupation or, if none, a description of the deponent;

it is to be divided into consecutively numbered paragraphs each of which is to be confined to a distinct part of the subject;

any sum of money or number is to be in figures only;

the jurat must state that it was sworn by the deponent on the day on which and the place at which it was sworn;

each separate sheet is to be signed by the person before whom the affidavit is taken;

each annexure or exhibit is to be identified by a certificate annexed to it or endorsed on it bearing the short title of the proceeding and signed by the person before whom it is sworn;

any account, extract from a register, particulars of a creditor's debt or other document referred to is not to be annexed to the affidavit, or referred to in the affidavit as annexed, but is to be referred to as an exhibit.