Full Title
AN ACT TO PUNISH ANY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO SHALL OBSTRUCT, PROHIBIT, OR OTHERWISE PREVENT THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF ATTORNEYS TO VISIT AND CONFER WITH PERSONS ARRESTED.
Congress
2nd Congress of the Republic
Senate Bill No.
S. No. 249
Legislative History
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Date of Approval
June 16, 1953

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
Senate Bill Only

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 49 no. 6 page 2131 (6/00/1953)

Full Text of Issuance

S. No. 249 / 49 OG No. 6, 2131 (June, 1953)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 857, June 16, 1953 ]

AN ACT TO PUNISH ANY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO SHALL OBSTRUCT, PROHIBIT, OR OTHERWISE PREVENT THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF ATTORNEYS TO VISIT AND CONFER WITH PERSONS ARRESTED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Any public officer or employee 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, shall be punished by arresto mayor. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, June 16, 1953.

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