Organization : Attorney General’s Office
Type of Facility : Application for Change of Name
Country: Mauritius
Website : https://attorneygeneral.govmu.org/Pages/ChangeofName/chn.aspx
Application for Change of Name
As provided for in section 55 of the Civil Status Act 1981, any Mauritian Citizen may petition the Attorney General for leave to make any change to his names.
Related / Similar Service : DPP Certificate of Character Mauritius
A processing fee of Rs 1000 should be deposited at the time of submission of application.
On acceptance of the petition, an enquiry is carried out on the request of the Office.
The application / petition may sent to police for Enquiry.
The applicant shall give notice of his application in the Government Gazette and in 2 daily newspapers, one of which at least shall be approved by the Attorney General.
After a statutory delay of 28 days, applicants have to deposit their publication at the registry of the Attorney General’s Office.
The Attorney General may grant the application and authorise the change where :
(a) no objection is made to the application, or if any objection is made but is rejected by the Attorney General,
(b) the Attorney General is satisfied that there are good and sufficient grounds in support of the application.
The original certificate is sent to the Applicant. One copy is sent to the Civil Status Office. Two copies of the General Notices are forwarded to the Prime Minister’s Office and one copy to the Government Printers.
After a final publication of the “approved change of name” on the Government Gazette, applicant has to wait for a period of 20 days before proceeding to the Civil Status Office where the Registrar shall inscribe in the margin of the entry of birth of applicant the change authorised by the notice.
The name authorised to be borne by the applicant shall be deemed his name, family name and that of his wife and minor children and of any other person by law entitled to bear the name of the applicant.
Rectifications of Civil Status Documents:
Section 50 of the Civil Status Act provides for a mechanism whereby civil status entries (that is entries in the Registers of the Civil Status and also entries in birth, marriage or death certificates) may be rectified.
Procedure:
1. Make the application at the relevant District Court. The relevant District Court is the Court of the district in which the entry was recorded. The Court will refer the application to the Ministère Public for its conclusion.
2. Upon receiving favourable conclusions from the Ministère Public, the Magistrate may issue an order authorising the Registrar of Civil Status to amend the Civil Status entry.
It is to be noted that the above procedure is absolutely free of charge as regard the services of the District Court and Ministère Public.
Where an interested party is dissatisfied with the decision of the Magistrate, the interested party may not later than 6 weeks from the said decision move the Supreme Court for a reconsideration of the application.