Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Save as otherwise provided by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (Central Act V of 1908) , in the case of proceedings governed by that Code, anything which is by this Act required or permitted to be done by a landholder or a tenant may be done by his agent duly authorised in the manner prescribed and, in the absence of evidence of a contrary intention, such agent shall, in all dealings between a landholder and a tenant, be deemed to be acting under the authority of his principal (2) Processes served on and notices given to such agent shall be as effectual for all purposes as if t: e same were served on or given to the landholder or the tenant, as the case may be, in person, and all the provisions of this Act relating to the service of process on, or the giving of notices to a party shall be applicable to the service of processes on or the giving of notices to such agent.