ENACTMENT NO. 09 OF 2002 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002
PART III - OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 2 - OF ARREST, ESCAPE AN RE-ARREST
Section 17. Search of persons for name and address.
Every person lawfully in custody, who by reason of incapacity from intoxication, illness, mental disorder or infancy is unable to give a reasonable account of himself, may be searched for the purpose of ascertaining his name and place of residence.