[en] The singularities of the partial waves for a multiple scattering series of a system of three nonrelativistic particles with arbitrary masses are studied. Both on-shell and off-shell diagrams are considered for binary processes (2→2), break-up processes (2→3) and also three-particle scattering (3→3). For any diagram there are obtained: 1) simple analytic expressions for the loci of the nonpotential singularities of the partial amplitudes, i.e. for the singularities independent of the form of interaction between particles; 2) necessary and sufficient conditions of an existence of these singularities on the physical sheet; 3) a character of the singularities. A criterium is found for the kinematic possibility of a process of N subsequent pair collisions in a classical system of three point like masses with the contact interaction the maximal number Nsub(max) of these collisions is deduced