Section 21. Applications for Membership
(a) Any country may apply for membership in the Fund by filing with the Fund an application, which shall set forth all relevant facts.
(b) The Executive Board shall report on all applications to the Board of Governors. When an application is submitted to the Board of Governors with a recommendation that the applicant country be admitted to membership, the Executive Board after consultation with the applicant country shall recommend to the Board of Governors the amount of the quota, the form of payment of the subscription, and such other conditions as, in the opinion of the Executive Board, the Board of Governors may wish to prescribe.
Adopted March 16, 1946, amended June 13, 1978