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(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.