Service on agent
6.13 Service on agent
If a contract has been entered into within Victoria by or through an agent residing or carrying on business within Victoria on behalf of a principal residing or carrying on business out of Victoria, a complaint in a proceeding relating to or arising out of such contract may, by leave of the Court given before the determination of the agent's authority or of the agent's business relations with the principal, be served on the agent.
If an order giving leave is made under paragraph (1)—
the order must limit the time within which the defendant must file a defence; and
a copy of the order and of the complaint must immediately be sent by post to the defendant at the defendant's address out of Victoria.
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