Before we go deep into what documents need to be sworn, we must understand what a Commissioner For Oaths is. The Commissioner of Oaths is an officer appointed by the Malaysia Chief Justice under Section 11, the Court of Judicature Act 1964 and the Commissioner for Oaths Rules 2018 in verifying the authenticity of the document and the identity of the deponent who made a confession on the document.

Therefore, the Commissioner For Oaths has a great responsibility in verifying the documents, and if the oath-taker makes deceitful or false statements on the affidavit or documents, he will have to bear certain legal responsibilities in the future.

And after understanding the power of the Commissioner of Oaths, let’s see what is the National Registration Department’s document that the commissioner of oaths can swear by?

The following is a list of some of the National Registration Department application forms that a Commissioner for Oaths can affirm:-

1. Statutory Declaration forms for the correction of facts in the Registration of Birth and Death certificates
2. Statutory Declaration forms by a biological parent(s) to consent to give away a child for adoption
3. Statutory Declaration forms by an adopting person or a parent(s)
4. Statutory Declaration for late registration of births
5. Application forms for non- Muslem marriages notice to be displayed at NRD
6. Application for the re-registration of births and its annexed statutory declaration
7. Application for a licence to solemnise a marriage at a place/location other than the office of the Registrar of Marriages
8. Affirmation forms for parents of an adopted child
9. Statutory Declaration for remarriages
10. Statutory Declaration for applications for the change or an addition of a name of a person
11. Statutory Declaration on the single status of a person or of an unmarried person
12. Statutory Declaration on the marital status of a person who has remain married since
13. Statutory Declaration for marriages with foreign nationals
14. Statutory Declaration on unmarried persons who practise cohabitation and produce illegitimate child
15. Statutory Declaration for non-muslem divorced persons who plan to remarry foreign nationals
16. Statutory Declaration on the registration of marriages with foreign nationals
17. Statutory Declaration on single status of an individual
18. Statutory Declaration by foreign muslem maids
19. Statutory Declaration by adopting parents to amend an adopted child’s name
20. Statutory Declaration denouncing the PR status of a person who plan to return to his country of origin and also surrendering his NRIC

So if you need such services, you can always consult a Commissioner for Oaths, thank you.