Section 1542 Of Chapter 3. Of Search Warrants From California Penal Code >> Title 12. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
1542
. When a person charged with a felony is supposed by the
magistrate before whom he is brought to have on his person a
dangerous weapon, or anything which may be used as evidence of the
commission of the offense, the magistrate may direct him to be
searched in his presence, and the weapon or other thing to be
retained, subject to his order, or to the order of the Court in which
the defendant may be tried.