ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1996 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996
PART III - OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 2 - OF ARREST. ESCAPE AND 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.