5. Persons shall be admitted to the freedom of the borough in accordance with the following rules—
(a)no person shall be admitted a freeman of the borough by gift or purchase;
(b)the council of the borough may, in pursuance of a special resolution of the council, admit any person to be an honorary freeman of the borough;
(c)the admission of a person to be an honorary freeman of the borough shall not confer the right of sharing in the benefit of any assets of the council, or of any assets held in whole or in part for any charitable use or trust;
(d)the clerk of the council shall keep a list, called the freemen’s roll, of all persons upon whom the freedom of the borough has been conferred.