Republic Act No. 857 (RA 857) — 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.
Possibly repealedThe source text gives a repeal date of 1992-04-27The source text cites Republic Act No. 7438 as repealing itThis has not been confirmed against an official notice. Check the official text before you rely on it.
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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 All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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.
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).