5.—(1) An application for a licence or renewal thereof shall be in such form as the Board may determine together with any relevant annexures and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and lodged with the Board. Each application for a licence shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the applicant’s assets and liabilities signed by the applicant, or, in the case of an applicant which is a corporation, a copy certified by a director or the secretary of the corporation to be true copies of the last balance-sheet and of the last profit and loss account, incorporating the results of the last financial year, which have respectively been audited by the corporation’s auditors (including every document required by law to be annexed or attached thereto) together with a copy of the report of the auditors thereon (certified as aforesaid).
(2) An application for a licence or renewal of a licence shall be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope (of the applicant) of such minimum size as the Board may require and affixed with a postage stamp of a value sufficient for registered mail.
(3) An application for approval as a Commodity Futures Exchange shall be lodged with the Board in such form as the Board may determine and shall be accompanied by a copy of the rules and Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Exchange, certified to be the true copies thereof by the person signing the application.