PLR Act 151Chapter XII · Miscellaneous.
Section 151 · Papers kept by village-officers to be deemed public documents
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(1) Any record or paper
which a village-officer is required by law, or by any rule under this Act, 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 the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (I 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 the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (I of 1872), to be a public officer having the custody of a public document which any person has a right to inspect.
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