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.

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 4 months applicants have to bring their publication together with stamps worth Rs 500 and deposit same in 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.