EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 155

: Executive Order No. 155 amended Republic Act No. 857.
: Any person arrested and temporarily deprived of liberty is protected, ensuring their right to counsel and access to legal consultation during their arrest.
: The right to have an attorney who is entitled to practice in the courts of the Philippines visit and confer privately with the arrested person at any hour of the day or, in urgent cases, during the night.
: The visit and conference can be requested by the person arrested, by another acting on his behalf, or by a national or international non-governmental organization duly accredited by the Office of the President.
: They are prohibited from obstructing, prohibiting, or otherwise preventing an attorney from visiting and conferring privately with a person arrested.
: The person shall be punished by prision correccional, which is a penalty under Philippine law.
: Yes, the Executive Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
: Yes, all laws, orders, issuances, rules, and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly.