Appearance in person or by agent

[No legal practitioner, whether qualified or unqualified, shall be allowed to appear before a village court on behalf of any party to a suit or proceeding but any party may authorize a servant, gumasta, partner, relation or friend to appear and plead for him : Provided that] it shall be competent to the village munsif, whenever he thinks it necessary for the ends of justice, to order the personal attendance of any of the parties to the suit; and if the party so ordered does not attend in person, he shall be subject to the same consequences as if he did not appear either in person or by an agent.