(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.
(3) The Court may, at any stage of the suit, order any party to the suit not having a recognised agent residing within the jurisdiction of the Court, or a pleader who has been duly appointed to act in the Court on his behalf, to appoint, within a specified time, an agent residing within the jurisdiction of the Court to accept service of the process on his behalf.
Order III Rule 1 CPC Appearances, etc., may be in person, by recognized agent or by pleader
Order III Rule 2 CPC Recognized agents
Order III Rule 3 CPC Service of process on recognized agent
Order III Rule 4 CPC Appointment of pleader
Order III Rule 5 CPC Service of process on pleader
Order III Rule 6 CPC Agent to accept service