Text of ORDER 3, RULE 1-6

ORDER III RECOGNIZED AGENTS AND PLEADERS

Rule 1. Appearances, etc., May Be in Person, by Recognized Agent, or by Pleader:
Any appearance, application, or act in or to any Court, required or authorized by law to be made or done by a party in such Court, may, except where otherwise expressly provided by any law for the time being in force, be made or done by the party in person, or by his recognized agent, or by a pleader [appearing, applying, or acting, as the case may be,] on his behalf:
Provided that any such appearance shall, if the Court so directs, be made by the party in person.

Rule 2. Recognized Agents:
The recognized agents of parties by whom such appearances, applications, and acts may be made or done are:
(a) Persons holding powers-of-attorney, authorizing them to make and do such appearances, applications, and acts on behalf of such parties;
(b) Persons carrying on trade or business for and in the names of parties not resident within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court, within which limits the appearance, application, or act is made or done, in matters connected with such trade or business only, where no other agent is expressly authorized to make and do such appearances, applications, and acts.

Rule 3. Service of Process on Recognized Agent:
(1) Processes served on the recognized agent of a party shall be as effectual as if the same had been served on the party in person, unless the Court otherwise directs.
(2) The provisions for the service of process on a party to a suit shall apply to the service of process on his recognized agent.

Rule 4. Appointment of Pleader:
(1) No pleader shall act for any person in any Court, unless he has been appointed for the purpose by such person by a document in writing signed by such person or by his recognized agent or by some other person duly authorized by or under a power of attorney to make such appointment.
(2) Every such appointment shall be filed in Court and shall be deemed to be in force until determined with the leave of the Court by a writing signed by the client or the pleader, as the case may be, and filed in Court, or until the client or the pleader dies, or until all proceedings in the suit are ended so far as regards the client.
(3) For the purposes of sub-rule (2), an application for review of judgment, an application under section 144 or section 152 of this Code, any appeal from any decree or order in the suit, and any application or act for the purpose of obtaining copies of documents or return of documents produced or filed in the suit or of obtaining refund of monies paid into the Court in connection with the suit shall be deemed to be proceedings in the suit.
(4) The High Court may, by general order, direct that, where the person by whom a pleader is appointed is unable to write his name, his mark upon the document appointing the pleader shall be attested by such person and in such manner as may be specified by the order.
(5) No pleader who has been engaged for the purpose of pleading only shall plead on behalf of any party, unless he has filed in Court a memorandum of appearance signed by himself and stating:
(a) the names of the parties to the suit,
(b) the name of the party for whom he appears, and
(c) the name of the person by whom he is authorized to appear:
Provided that nothing in this sub-rule shall apply to any pleader engaged to plead on behalf of any party by any other pleader who has been duly appointed to act in Court on behalf of such party.

Rule 5. Service of Process on Pleader:
Any process served on the pleader of any party or left at the office or ordinary residence of such pleader, and whether the same is for the personal appearance of the party or not, shall be presumed to be duly communicated and made known to the party whom the pleader represents, and, unless the Court otherwise directs, shall be as effectual for all purposes as if the same had been given to or served on the party in person.

Rule 6. Agent to Accept Service:
(1) Besides the recognized agents described in rule 2, any person residing within the jurisdiction of the Court may be appointed an agent to accept service of process.
(2) Appointment to be in Writing and to be Filed in Court:
Such appointment may be special or general and shall be made by an instrument in writing signed by the principal, and such instrument or, if the appointment is general, a certified copy thereof shall be filed in Court.