Can. 1540 §1. Public ecclesiastical documents are those which a public person has drawn up in the exercise of that person's function in the Church, after the solemnities prescribed by law have been observed.
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Can. 1540 §2. Public civil documents are those which the laws of each place consider to be such.
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Can. 1540 §3. Other documents are private.
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