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(1). Where the defendant has an agent empowered to accept service, 34 CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE service shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be made on the agent and shall be as effectual as service on the defendant in person. Provided that, where no agent has been appointed in the cases provided for by Arts. 61 and 62, the summons shall be sent for service on the defendant to the commanding officer or superin- tendent of the prison, as the case may be.
(2) A summons may be served on the pleader of the defendant or left at the office of such pleader and shall in such a case be deemed to be duly communicated and made known to the defendant a<; though it has been served on him in person. (3). In suits against the Government, the summons shall be servtrl on the government pleader or, where no such pleander has been appointed, in such other manner as the court shall direct.
