CPC - ORDER III - Rule 4. Appointment of pleader

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    (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 ¹⁸[filed in Court and shall, for the purposes of sub-rule (1), 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.

    ¹⁹[Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-rule, the following shall be deemed to be proceedings in the suit,-

        (a) an application for the review of decree or order in the suit,

        (b) an application under section 144 or under section 152 of this Code, in relation to any decree or order made in the suit,

        (c) an appeal from any decree or order in the suit, and

        (d) 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 moneys paid into the Court in connection with the suit.]

    ²⁰[(3) Nothing in sub-rule (2) shall be construed-

        (a) as extending, as between the pleader and his client, the duration for which the pleader is engaged, or

        (b) as authorising service on the pleader of any notice or document issued by any Court other than the Court for which the pleader was engaged, except where such service was expressly agreed to by the client in the document referred to in sub-rule(1)]

    (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.]

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