Southern Africa Development Community Secretariat – Procurement and Grants Policy beneficiary, including where the entity is specifically established for the purpose of implementing the action to be financed by the grant. Article 65. Applications for Grants (1) Grant applications shall be submitted in writing, including, where appropriate, in a secure electronic format and according to the guideline for applicants previously published. SADC Secretariat may provide, where appropriate, the possibility of making online applications. (2) Grant applications shall be eligible if submitted by natural persons or legal persons according to the basis of the call contained in the guidelines for applicants (3) The application shall state the legal status of the applicant and demonstrate his financial and technical capacity to carry out the proposed action. For such purpose, the applicant shall submit a declaration of honour and, unless the grant is of low value, any supporting document requested, on the basis of a risk assessment. The prerequisite documents shall be indicated in the call for proposals. The verification of financial capacity shall not apply to natural persons in receipt of scholarships, to natural persons most in need and in receipt of direct support to public bodies. (4) Articles 7, 8 and 15.2 in part one of this Policy shall also apply to grant applicants. Applicants shall certify that they are not in one of the situations referred in those articles. Article 66. Submission of grant applications (1) The submission should be done according to the guidelines for applicants. The submission shall always be in written form, whether by hard copies or by electronic means. However, those means shall be non discriminatory in nature and must not restrict competition. The means chosen shall ensure that the following are fulfilled: (a) each submission contains all the information required for its evaluation according to guidelines for applicants previously; (b) the integrity of data must be preserved; (c) the confidentiality of proposal must be preserved; and (d) the protection of personal data is in accordance with national regulations. (2) Without prejudice to the application of penalties established in the contract and/or the law, candidates who found to have made false declarations, provided false documents, committed irregularities or fraud, committed substantial errors or have been found in serious breach of their contractual obligations may be excluded from all contracts granted by SADC Secretariat for a maximum of 10 years from the date on which the infringement is established as confirmed following a contradictory procedure with the candidate or contractor. The provisions of article 49 in part one of this Policy shall relevantly apply to grants. Article 67. Selection and award criteria (1) The Guidelines for applicants shall be published and contain the selection criteria. The selection criteria shall be set: 43