[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR5.57]

[Page 634-635]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 5--EXPERIMENTAL RADIO SERVICE (OTHER THAN BROADCAST)--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Applications and Licenses
 
Sec. 5.57  Who may sign applications.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 
applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the Commission shall be personally signed by the applicant, 
if the applicant is an individual; by one of the partners, if the 
applicant is a partnership; by an officer or duly authorized employee, 
if the applicant is a corporation; or by a member who is an officer, if 
the applicant is an unincorporated association. Applications, 
amendments, and related statements of fact filed on behalf of eligible 
government entities, such as states and territories of the United States 
and political subdivisions thereof, the District of Columbia, and units 
of local government, including incorporated municipalities, shall be 
signed by such duly elected or appointed officials as may be competent 
to do so under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction.
    (b) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the Commission may be signed by the applicant's attorney in 
case of the applicant's physical disability or of his/her absence from 
the United States. The attorney shall in that event separately set forth 
the reason why the application is not signed by the applicant. In 
addition, if any matter is stated on the basis of the attorney's belief 
only (rather than his/her knowledge), he/she shall separately set forth 
reasons for believing that such statements are true.
    (c) Only the original of applications, amendments, or related 
statements of fact need be signed; copies may be conformed.
    (d) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need 
not be submitted under oath. Willful false

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statements made therein, however, are punishable by fine and 
imprisonment, U.S. Code, title 18, Sec. 1001, and by appropriate 
administrative sanctions, including revocation of station license 
pursuant to sec. 312(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    (e) ``Signed,'' as used in this section, means an original 
handwritten signature; however, the Office of Engineering and Technology 
may allow signature by any symbol executed or adopted by the applicant 
with the intent that such symbol be a signature, including symbols 
formed by computer-generated electronic impulses.