Section 23:
Effect of Act in respect of Regulations therein mentioned, and of buildings of antiquity, etc.
Nothing in this Act shall be held to affect the provisions the 4Regulations mentioned in this Act, except in so
far as they relate to mosques, Hindu temples and other religious establishments; or to prevent the Government
from taking such steps as it may deem necessary, under the provisions of the said Regulations, to prevent
injury to and preserve buildings1
remarkable for their antiquity, or for their historical or architectural value, or
required for the convenience of the public.2
Notes:
1. Namely the Bengal Charitable Endowments, Public Buildings and Escheats Regulation, 1810 (Ben. Reg. 19 of 1810), and Madras
Endowments and Escheats Regulation, 1817 (Mad. Reg. 7 of 1817).
2. See now also the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 (7 of 1904) (w.e.f. 18-3-1904).
3. A new section 23A has been added to apply only to Bengal by the Bengal Waqf Act, 1934 (Ben. Act 13 of 1934).