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.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>23.</b> 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 <b><sup>1</sup></b>[Oudh Rent Act, 1886] or the right of the<b><sup>2</sup></b>[State Government] or any public revenue or recoverable as such or recoverable under the provisions of the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890. <br>