<h1>Name availability processing requires professional certification and director declaration; false statements are punishable under section 448.</h1> A Central Registration Centre processes name availability applications and, if compliant with the Companies Act and Rules, completes processing by the next working day; authentication requires a practising professional's declaration and a declaration from any person named as director/manager/secretary confirming fulfilment of registration requirements, and false statements in such declarations attract penal consequences under the Companies Act.