Sec. 1.913  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 must be signed by the applicant, if the 
applicant is an individual; by one of the partners, if the applicant is 
a partnership; by an officer, director, 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, their 
political subdivisions, the District of Columbia, and units of local 
government, including unincorporated municipalities, must be signed by a 
duly elected or appointed official who is authorized 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 absence from the United 
States, or by applicant's designated vessel master when a temporary 
permit is requested for a vessel. The attorney shall, when applicable, 
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 or master's belief only (rather than knowledge), the attorney 
or master shall separately set forth the reasons for believing that such 
statements are true.
    (c) Only the original of applications, amendments, and related 
statements of fact need be signed.
    (d) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need 
not be signed under oath. Willful false statements made therein, 
however, are punishable by fine and imprisonment, U.S. Code, Title 18, 
section 1001, and by appropriate administrative sanctions, including 
revocation of station license pursuant to section 312(a)(1) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    (e) ``Signed,'' as used in this section, means an original hand-
written signature, except that by public notice in the Federal Register 
the Private Radio Bureau 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.

(Sec. 308, 48 Stat. 1084, as amended; 47 U.S.C. )
[28 308 FR 12450 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  43 FR 27991 , June 28, 1978; 
 49 FR 30944 , Aug. 2, 1984;  58 FR 21406 , Apr. 21, 1993]