Copy of depositions for accused person

A person committed for trial, whether bailed or not, shall be entitled, at any reasonable time before the trial, to have copies of the depositions and of his own statement, if any, from the clerk of the examining magistrate or, if the documents relating to the inquiry have been transmitted by the examining magistrate as hereinafter provided, from the Registrar, on payment of a reasonable sum not exceeding three cents for each folio.