(1) Any record or paper which a village officer is required by any law or by any
rule having the force of law to prepare or keep shall be deemed to be the
property of the Government.
(2) A village officer shall, with respect to any such record or paper in his custody, be deemed for the purposes of 1[the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872)], to be a public officer having the custody of a public document which any person has a right to inspect.
(2) A village officer shall, with respect to any such record or paper in his custody, be deemed for the purposes of 1[the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872)], to be a public officer having the custody of a public document which any person has a right to inspect.
1. Substituted by S.O. 3808(E) dated 26.10.2020 for “the Evidence Act, XIII of 1977”.