Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919), were passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. Consider the following statements with reference to the provisions/object of the Acts.
1. This act authorized the government to imprison for a maximum period of two years, without trial, any person suspected of terrorism.
2. The act provided speedy trial of the offenses by a special cell that consisted of 3 High Court Judges with no court of appeal above that panel.
3. This panel could also accept the evidences which were acceptable in the Indian Evidences Act.
4. The object was to replace the repressive provisions of the wartime Defence of India Act (1915) by a permanent law.
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