Service of foreign summonses.
1. Subscription and verification of pleading.
Summonses and other processes issued by
In suits by or against a corporation, any pleading may be signed and verified on behalf of the corporation by the secretary or by any director or other principal officer of the corporation who is able to depose to the facts of the cases.
(a) any Civil or Revenue Court established in any part of India to which the provisions of this Code do not extend, or
2. Service on corporation.
(b) any Civil or Revenue Court established or continued by the authority of the Central Government outside India, or
(a) on the secretary, or on any director, or other principal officer of the corporation, or
(c) any other Civil or Revenue Court outside India to which the Central Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette, declared the provisions of this section to apply, may be sent to the Courts in the territories to which this Code extends, and served as if they were summonses issued by such Courts.]
(b) by leaving it or sending it by post addressed to the corporation at the registered office, or if there is no registered office then at the place where the corporation carries on business.
3. Power to require personal attendance of officer of corporation.
The Court may, at any stage of the suit, require the personal appearance of the secretary or of any director, or other principal officer of the corporation who may be able to answer material questions relating to the suit.