Sec. 1.743  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 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 incorporated 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 of his 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 knowledge), he shall separately set forth his 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 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 Common Carrier 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.
[ 28 FR 12450 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  53 FR 17193 , May 16, 1988;  59 FR 59503 , Nov. 17, 1994]