158. When the accused has been committed for trial he-shall, if he demands it at a reasonable time before the trial, be furnished on payment therefor at the rate of twenty-five cents for a hundred words-
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| (b) with a certified copy of the statements to the police of the witnesses who have testified before the Magistrate and of the statements (if any) to the police of the accused, by the officer in charge of the police station where the relevant books are kept. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts