23. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to deprive the holder for the time being of a settled estate of his right to adopt or to empower his widow to adopt a son, or to affect the right of any person to maintenance under Part VIII of the Oudh Estates Act, 1869, or to affect the provisions of the 1[Oudh Rent Act, 1886] or the right of the2[State Government] or any public revenue or recoverable as such or recoverable under the provisions of the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890.
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1. Rep. See now the U. P. Tenancy Act, 1939 (U. P. Act XVII of 1939) I, inpro.2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950 for (Crown) which had been subs. by the A. O. 1937 for (Secy of State).
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