.
Sponsored
by: The
ChanRobles Group
A
collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes
not
included or cited in the main
indices
of
the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.
Search
for www.chanrobles.com
|
|
|
|
|
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 155 - AMENDING
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 857
|
| WHEREAS,
it is for the best interest of any person temporarily deprived of his
liberty that his right to counsel during the period of his arrest be
strengthened and be made more meaningful in the light of subtle and
sophisticated denials thereof by certain public officers and employees; NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order: SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 857 is hereby amended to read as follows; “Sec.
1. Any public officer or employee or anyone acting
under his order or in his place, who shall obstruct, prohibit, or
otherwise prevent an attorney entitled to practice in the courts of the
Philippines from visiting and conferring privately with a person
arrested, at any hour of the day or, in urgent cases, of the night,
said visit and conference being requested by the person arrested or by
another acting in his behalf, or by a national or international
non-governmental organization duly accredited by the Office of the
President, shall be punished by prision correccional.”
SECTION 2. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette. DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven. |
chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
|
|
|
|
|
Harvard Computer Systems, Inc. |
Since 19.07.98.
Search
for www.chanrobles.com
.