Affidavit verification requirement: petitions must be accompanied by a verifying affidavit from the petitioner or an authorised officer. Every petition must be filed with a verifying affidavit made by the petitioner or one petitioner; for corporate petitioners the affidavit must be by a director, secretary, or principal officer and submitted in the prescribed form, though the judge or Registrar may permit another authorised person to make and file the affidavit for sufficient reason.