246. Copy of record to be supplied

The complainant or the accused in any criminal prosecution in a District Court or Magistrate’s Court may, upon lodging a notice of appeal in accordance with section 247 and upon payment of a fee of $5, obtain a copy of the record of the case or matter unless the court for some special reason thinks fit to furnish it free of cost.

An application for a copy of the record and of the grounds of decision may be made at any time by the Public Prosecutor, by whom no fee shall be payable.[245